Stranger #2

The image of the sun has many components. For example. throughout the novel, many parts are used. The light the sun omits, the heat, and the glare also are factors. "The sun glinted off Raymond's gun as he handed it to me" (Camus 56). Although used less frequently and in a less obvious way, I think the glare caused by the sun is significant. Seen at the start of the book with the glare of the light off the walls at the vigil, and also when he shoots The Arab, glinting is used to connect to being distracted and loss of focus. This contributes to a mood of the first section, which is cloudy and dazed. When Mersault is at the trial, and he refers to the glare of the sun as a motive for killing, the audience laughs. I think the use of glare relates to a theme of the book that uncomfortableness is an individual experience, and people need to be more open to other's feelings.