In The Stranger, Albert Camus portrays Meursault, the book’s narrator and main character, as detached, and unemotional. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book. After his mother’s death he sheds no tears; seems to show no emotions. He displays limited feelings for his girlfriend, Marie Cardona and when asked if he wanted to marry her, he answered with no care at all saying things such as it didn’t make a difference to him and that they could if she wanted to.

Meursault is a very emotionless person, even when it’s serious events such as his mother passing where you think he should show some emotion to that. He has no care for his emotion nor the people around him, making him a dull person.