When Camus refers to Mersault's facial expression as a "funeral face", is this foreshadowing for the upcoming event?
Is the sun a representation of Mersault's mood? When he is with Marie and his friends and he is happy and says that the sun is a positive thing: "I was absorbed by the feeling that the sun was doing me a lot of good" (Camus 50)
Why are the men always referred to as "the arabs"? Is there a reason why they are never "the men" or anything else like that?
Why did Mersault take the responsibility of holding the gun? Maybe he was trying to protect Raymond from making a bad decision with it?
I understand that the sun is a parallel of some sort for Mersault, but why is it in almost every sentence in the climatic portion of this chapter?
Is the sea metaphor another symbol that represents the anxiety of Mersault? "The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled little wave that broke on the sand." (Camus 57)
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