Who Is Responsible For Meursault's Death

The Stranger Summary Notes
Chapter 1
• Recieves telegram- telling him his mother has died
• She had been living in an elderly home
• Meusault asks his boss for time off
• Meursault feels guilty for the inconvenience he has put unto his boss
• Catches bus to Marengo
• Doctor reassures Meursault that he should not feel guilty for putting his mum into the home
• Caretaker of mortuary goes to open coffin but Meursault stops him and requests not to see the body
• Spends night in the mortuary beside his mother’s coffin
• Woken by people coming into the mortuary
• Meursault meets with director of the old person’s home who asks him if he would like to view the body again, he declines once more
• One of the undertaker’s assistants asks if his mother was old, Meursault responds vaguely as he did not know her exact age
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Meursault agrees, thinking, “There was no way out.” He remembers little of the funeral, aside from Perez’s tear-soaked face and the fact that the old man fainted from the heat
Chapter 2
• Meursault sees why his boss is angry at him, becase his mothers furenal was on a Friday which meant he would get 4 days off rather than the requested 2
• Meursault goes to the beach where he ssees a former co-worker Marie Cardona
• He helps her onto a float, he joins