Meursault's Death Virtue

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Meursault begins to take in everything that has been going on throughout his life and has realized the situations that lead his death sentence. After Meursault's trail, he only cared about escaping the machinery of justice, hoping there is a way to avoid this problem. He blames himself every time for not paying attention or being aware to accounts of executions. Mesursault believes he could of found a way to prevent himself from dying if he was more curious about it. Times at the cell he remembers a story Maman used to tell Meursault about his father how he watched a murder get executed. From reflecting back at that memory he starts to realize how he had not seen that there was nothing important than an execution. In addition, when coming to conclusion, execution is the only thing a man can truly be interested in. …show more content…

He makes a strong point saying "no matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy, since in either case other men and women will naturally go on living and for thousands of years." Meursault feels that since death is soon to come to him, he is using this kind of mindset to have positive thoughts of just going along with the execution and understanding the concept of living. Meursault denies his understanding differences between execution and natural death. He started to accepts the concept of hope. What tortures him is for the fact that hop is a illusion that can change the fact of his death. The idea of having another twenty years of life puts a stop him from making the most of his final days or hours. After speaking with the chaplain Meursault doesn't vision his execution with hope anymore.. When it comes to death, Meursault agrees that it is something you can't back out of. He hopes for peace when the time