Meursault's Death

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At the beginning of the novel, the reader gets a tone of emptiness from Meursault’s reaction to the death of his mother. People would offer him condolence, but his way of interacting with others made Meursault seem a bad guy and unusual. When he explained to his boss the reason of taking two days off, Meursault even said, “It’s not my fault.” (Camus 3). Meursault stating that shows the significance of the death of his mother to him. His actions toward the death of his mother seem strange and unusual. In addition, Meursault would refuse to have lunch at Celeste as people will ask questions. He did not want to face the questions knowing he will not be able to answer them just like he was not able to answer the question about his mother age to