Marie: Marie is used by Camus to highlight Mersault's "strange" behavior. He does feel attracted to her and he thinks that she is attracted to him too, but when she asks if he wants to get married, he says it doesn't matter. He does not feel love for her or pity for the girl that Raymond beats up but she cares quite a lot about these things. This highlights the stoicistic beliefs of Mersault and shows the great difference between Marie's feelings and Mersault's lack of feelings.
The Boss: The boss shows the existentialist part of Mersault. When The boss offers to give Mersault a job in Paris where he can also travel for part of the year. Most people would jump on this oppurtunity to change their life but Mersault says that it doesn't matter because he does not have any reason to change his life. He also stated that every life is worth the same and that there was no point in changing because he also had a good life. These beliefs almost exactly translate to what we learned in class about existentialism and how they belief that life is only how you shape it to be.
Salamano: Salamano is, in some ways, another person like Mersault. However, as Mersault does not really ever show emotions, Salamano only show anger towards his dog. We see that when the dog runs away though, that Salamano really cares about him and even starts crying. Mersault realizes that he misses his mother also slightly and connects the mother to the dog at the bottom of page 39 and on page 45.
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