In The Stranger, Albert Camus reveals Meursault, the book's narrator and main character as distant, isolated, and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays unconcern throughout the book in his reactions to people and events described in the book. After Meursault's mothers death he sheds no tears and shows no emotion. He displays limited feelings for his …showed first 75 words of 730 total…

…showed last 75 words of 730 total…actually have been the cause of the guilty verdict at his trial for killing the Arab. Withdrawing from involvement with people or life events might not mean total isolation or rejection but it does not necessarily protect an individual from pain or a bad end. The ending of the book seems to be quite tedious and stretched out. Overall the book did not interest me, and there seems to be no significance in reading it.