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Meursault - Coggle Diagram
Meursault
Speech
Honest
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“Marie came that evening and asked me if I'd marry her. I said I didn't mind; if she was keen on it, we'd get married. Then she asked me again if I loved her. I replied, much as before, that her question meant nothing or next to nothing--but I supposed I didn't.
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Perfunctory
agree /remain silence towards an uninterested topic or uncertain decision because he wants to prevent further explaination. Also because he does not care
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Casual
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When Marie asks Meursault about his mother's death, he reacts
Uncertain
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He replied "No" when the caretaker wanted to unscrew the casket and when he was asked why, he replied "I don't know"
Against Christianity
He is an atheist
"I hurled insults at him, I told him not to waste his rotten prayers on me; it was better to burn than to disappear. I’d taken him by the neckband of his cassock, and, in a sort of ecstasy of joy and rage, I poured out on him all the thoughts that had been simmering in my brain."
Sensitive
Aware of the state of the elders when he attended funeral. Disliked the soaked towels in the evening of his office.
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Effect on others
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Relationship with Marie
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Notices her only because he knows that she probably likes him, and also to fulfill his own sexual needs
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Mostly a neutral to bad perception of him because of his ignorance; Only Marie and Celeste does not think of him as bad
Thoughts
Nihilism
believes that death is inevitable, no emotion involved
“If you go slowly, you risk getting sunstroke. But if you go too fast, you work up a sweat and then catch a chill inside the church.” She was right. There was no way out.”
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