Stranger: Journal 4

Sun

"We were out of breath; the truck was bumping around [....] cloud of dust and sun." (Camus 26) The feeling and image of them being tired through the darkness from the dust in the clouds and maybe peeks of sunlight as hope.

"Once out in the street, because I [...] bright with sun, hit me like a slap in the face."(Camus 47) In way it's saying that he's behind, as the sunlight has already begun to rise, he was still in bed.


"The sun was shining [...] and the glare onto the water was unbearable" (Camus 52). The idea of disagreement towards Meursault.

"I wanted [...] to escape the sun" (Camus 57). The symbolism of the sun gives Meursault the feeling of wanting to escaping the light.