does not cry At the funeral Thomas P rez His Mom s Friend nearly faints under the hot sun Meursault only feels the heat Later he says Mother now was buried and tomorrow I d be going back to work as usual His alienation is clear Society later calls him heartless Alienation from Love Alienation also comes in his relationship with Marie Cardona The day after the funeral he swims with her at the beach They go to the cinema and see a comedy They sleep together Meursault says Marie came that evening and asked me if I d marry her Meursault answers coldly I said I didn t mind if she was keen on it we d get married Marie is full of life and hope But Meursault is indifferent He cannot feel love His detachment hurts Marie His alienation in love makes him different from others Alienation from Morality Meursault s neighbors also show his alienation Salamano curses and beats his sick dog But when the dog runs away he cries Meursault listens silently He shows no judgment no advice Raymond Sint s is another neighbor He is violent with his mistress He asks Meursault to write a letter Meursault agrees without feeling When Raymond fights with the Arab the police come An officer slaps Raymond Raymond asks Meursault to testify He agrees In all this Meursault shows no moral view He is cut off from human values Alienation in the Murder and Trial The murder shows alienation more strongly At Masson s beach house Meursault Marie and Raymond meet the Arabs One is the brother of Raymond s mistress After a fight Raymond is injured Later Meursault walks alone The heat of the sun blinds him The Arab holds a knife Meursault fires Then he fires four more shots At the trial the crime is forgotten The focus is on his indifference The Director and the Caretaker testify about the funeral Marie speaks about the cinema The Prosecutor calls him a monster He says a man who cannot cry at his mother s death is dangerous When asked why he killed Meursault says It was because of the sun Meursault is alienated not just for murder but for being different Existential Hero and Anti-Hero At the end Meursault accepts alienation In prison he feels lonely He misses the sea Marie and cigarettes But slowly he accepts reality When the Chaplain asks him to believe in God he shouts I didn t believe in God He says life has no afterlife only death In anger he declares the truth of existence At last he finds peace in accepting meaninglessness He looks at the night sky and feels close to the world He accepts death calmly His alienation turns into existential freedom In The Outsider Albert Camus makes alienation the center of the story Meursault is cut off from family love neighbors society and religion At first this makes him a stranger But in the end it gives him truth and freedom Alienation makes him both condemned and liberated