Discuss Camus symbolic use of light as you find in his novel NU Albert Camus uses light as a symbol in The Outsider Light is not only physical but also emotional It shapes Meursault s life Sometimes it gives joy Sometimes it gives pain Finally it explains the absurd truth of existence Light and Funeral at Marengo At Marengo during his mother s funeral Meursault feels the harsh sunlight He does not cry for her death He only feels the heat He says I went out the sun was up and the sky mottled red The light here shows indifference It shows how nature cares nothing for human grief Society calls him heartless But the light shows life s cruelty Light and the Beach Murder At Masson s beach house Meursault walks alone The sun blinds him The heat presses on his body He faces the Arab The Arab shows