Shortly after, Marie comes to visit him for the first time but it is also her last time. While talking through the glass Marie says “You will be acquitted and we can go swimming again” (75). Shortly after, Marie sends Mersault a letter saying she is not allowed to visit him anymore since they are not married. Mersault waits patiently until he gets out of jail so he can be with Marie and marry her. The next summer is Mersault’s trial and he gets sentenced to execution. He wishes he was just viewing the execution because he knows that with the guillotine, you die the first time around. The only reason Mersault has for living this time is waiting to get out and hoping they don’t execute him. At the end, he realizes that there’s no way for him to get out of his execution so he just hopes people cheer for him when he’s walking to the
Shortly after, Marie comes to visit him for the first time but it is also her last time. While talking through the glass Marie says “You will be acquitted and we can go swimming again” (75). Shortly after, Marie sends Mersault a letter saying she is not allowed to visit him anymore since they are not married. Mersault waits patiently until he gets out of jail so he can be with Marie and marry her. The next summer is Mersault’s trial and he gets sentenced to execution. He wishes he was just viewing the execution because he knows that with the guillotine, you die the first time around. The only reason Mersault has for living this time is waiting to get out and hoping they don’t execute him. At the end, he realizes that there’s no way for him to get out of his execution so he just hopes people cheer for him when he’s walking to the