“Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know. I got a letter from the home. ‘Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.’ That doesn’t say anything. Maybe it was yesterday,” (Stranger, 3). I found the start very odd. The narrator, Meursault, just found out that his mother passed away and he is not very concerned about it. It could be that he is shocked as no one expects for a loved one to die. However, to me, it looks like he does not care at all. For instance, when he is eating at Celeste’s before taking the bus, Celeste stated, “You only have one mother,” (Stranger, 3). This short statement by Celeste tells us that Meursault have not realized that his mother is the one who has died and that is why Celeste tried to help