Literary Analysis (Part II)

Camus doesn't have Meursault using emotional words because Meursault himself has almost no emotion. (Word Choice)

Camus has Meursault's speech short and concise because Meursault is a character who finds no need to go into great detail about things. (Sentence)

Camus uses the image of heat to show building tension inside of Meursault's mind. (Images)

Camus has a lack of symbols because Meursault's character does not find meaning in almost everything, portraying a theme that somethings don't have much meaning to them. (Symbols)

Camus makes the first paragraph shorter than the others because it is a set up for the rest of the chapter. (Rhetoric Devices)

Camus uses the motif of sleep as a sense of relief and being able to let go of problems that Meursault has for the time being. (Patterns)

Camus uses Meursault as a first person narrator because Meursault is the opitome of the extitentialis view that Camus is trying to convey. (Narrators)

Camus makes time go by slower in the prison because Meursault is not indifferent to it, it is a big change for him and he has actual opinions towards it unlike other places. (Structure)