Meursault’s view towards his own life seems very indifferent. He uses his senses to simplify his own experiences and the way he describes them is made very fundamental- almost childlike. The way he lives his life is very instinctual and not made complex by ulterior motives and lies. However “strange” by definition, Meursault is honest and forthcoming with his intentions at all times and sees the world in a very different way than most others.
“The way people behave, the paradoxes, the contradictions, all these things we have to live with and still pretend that everything is only black or white. That, I think, is the most interesting thing in human nature. The fact that we have to do one thing and pretend something else. That’s when it becomes very interesting. If you can literally speak the way you feel, then it’s not interesting anymore. It’s when you have to lie that it becomes interesting.” - Vincent Cassel
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