Consequences
“But everybody knows life isn’t worth living. Deep down I know perfectly well that it doesn’t much matter whether you die at thirty or at seventy, since in either case other men and women will naturally go on living–and for thousands of years. In fact, nothing could be clearer. Whether it was now or twenty years from now, I would still be the one dying” (Camus 114).
Meursault thinks a lot about what is going on around him; what others will be doing. When he gets to jail he thinks a lot about why he is there and how the whole situation could have been different. One quote in particular struck me as interesting. It is so true and really shows Meursault’s unrest at his rash choice.
”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” (97).
Again this shows Meursault’s feelings toward his action. You can feel his deep sense of regret and nervousness; he knows nothing can be done to save him.
