Meursault Had Acted In Self-Defense Analysis

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Another reason would be the key fact that meursault had acted in self defence. The day of the murder, Meursault had been walking on the beach alone minding his own business. As he walked along the beach, he noticed an arab man lying down. Meursault stopped because as he had recalled earlier, this arab man had gone on and attacked his friend Raymond with a knife. Unexpectedly the arab went on and pulled the knife out on meursault. A gleam of light that had reflected from the sun to the blade then went into meursault's eyes blinding him. “The scorching blade slashed at my eyelashes and stabbed at my stinging eyes” (pg.59). Meursault at this point is blinded and can't see anything. He knows there is a man with a knife in front of him but can't