"Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know." This is the first sentence in the novel, The Stranger, and we already discover the emotional indifference the novel's narrator and protagonist possesses. Meursault does not reveal any agony or dejection from the news of the telegram of his mother's death. Instead, he simply announces the news in an ordinary and frank manner. Moreover, he does not even care to find out the exact date of his mother's passing. His ambivalence and carelessness reveals a lot about his character. The reader can also perceive his aloof attitude as that he finds human existence meaningless.
The reader can also perceive his aloof attitude as that he finds human existence meaningless. Alexa, you are interpreting him so well here.
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