Camus mirrors Mersault's emotions with a matching positive or negative environment to show that views of the world are formed by inner feelings, that reality exists within one's self.
"I went in. It was a very bright, whitewashed room with a skylight for a roof." (Camus 6) The brightness shows how overwhelmed with emotions he is. shows his confusion.
"The room was filled with beautiful late-afternoon sunlight. Two hornets were buzzing against the glass roof. I could feel myself getting sleepy." (Camus 7) As he is feeling sleepy and calm, the light is beautiful.
"It was pleasant; the coffee had warmed me up, and the smell of flowers on the night air was coming through the open door. I think I dozed off for a while." (Camus 9)
"She said, 'If you go slowly, you risk getting sunstroke. But if you go too fast, you work up a sweat and catch a chill inside the church.' She was right. There was no way out." (Camus 17) Shows the feeling of helplessness.
(first talking about how he doesn't like Sundays, relevant?) "It was a beautiful afternoon. Yet the pavement was wet and slippery, and what few people there were were in a hurry." (Camus 21) Shows his negative outlook on life. Even though its a nice day, he brings up the negative parts.
"The sky changed again. Above the rooftops the sky had taken on a reddish glow, and with evening coming on the streets came to life." (Camus 23)
"The house was quiet, and a breath of dark, dank air wafted up from deep in the stairwell. All I could hear was the blood pounding in my ears. I stood there. motionless. And in old Salamano's room, the dog whimpered softly." (Camus 33)
"The four o'clock sun wasn't too hot, but the water was warm, with slow, gently lapping waves." (Camus 34) The waves are gentle because he is happy when he is with Marie, but later, the waves are violent because he is so anxious.
"There was the same dazzling red glare. The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled little wave that broke on the sand." (Camus 57)
"The blazing sand looked red to me now. We moved steadily toward the Arabs." (Camus 53) As the situation becomes more intense, the sand gets even hotter. Shows his anxiety.
"But most of the time, he was just a form shimmering before my eyes in the fiery air. The sound of the waves was even lazier, more drawn out than at noon. It was the same sun, the same light still shining on the same sand as before." (Camus 58)
"He was looking all over the place, turning around, peering into the darkness of the entryway, muttering incoherently, and then he started searching the street again with his little red eyes." (Camus 38) The entryway is so dark to represent Salamano's loneliness without his dog after he loses him.
"Referring to Marie, he said, 'She's stunning, and I'd even say charming.' After that I didn't pay any more attention to this mannerism of his, because I was absorbed by the feeling that the sun was doing me a lot of good." (Camus 50) Because he is happy because of Marie, the sun is a positive thing.
"The whole time there was nothing but the sun and the silence, with the low gurgling from the spring and the three notes." (Camus 55)
"The sun was the same as it had been the day I'd buried Maman, and like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all the veins in it throbbing under the skin. It was this burning, which I couldn't stand anymore, that made me move forward." (Camus 59) Matches the emotional strain of that day, explains why he does this violent act.
"And yet something had changed, since it was back to my cell that I went to wait for the next day... as if familiar paths traced in summer skies could lead as easily to prison as to the sleep of the innocent." (Camus 97)
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