The chaplain
who comes to counsel Meursault as he faces death is a true believer, in both the salvation of
Christ and an afterlife (heaven and hell). Meursault does not buy any of it and therefore
doesn't want to waste his time talking to the chaplain. Theabout his relationship with the
chaplain is in what Meursault represents.
In , Meursault
is a man who lives a sensual, largely shallow existence. He recognizes absurdity in others like
his neighbor Salamano, for example, who beats his dog relentlessly although the dog resembles
him and is his constant companion. Yet Meursault has trouble recognizing his own absurd
existence: he doesn't have insight into the fact that because he lacks feeling, he also suffers
from lack of meaning.
He lives a fairly meaningless life,...
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