#4 What conclusions does Mersault come to at the end of the novel. Does Camus want the reader to come to the same conclusions?
Meursault comes to the conclusion of having no hope and accepting his fate. Before he explained how the executed should be given a morsel of hope, just a little. But now he says "that blind rage had washed me clean, ride me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world" (122). He is having an epiphany, for the first time he is letting go of his wall and opening himself to the world. He says its like his brother because it is neither against or for him, just is. He feels happy. I believe Camus wants us to open up to the world and accept it for what it is, no matter how cruel or indifferent it seems to be truly happy. Probably not the day before your execution though. As soon as possible.
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