le="font-weight: 400;">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 his knife. The sun reflects on the blade. Meursault fires once, then four more times. The reason he gives is simple. He says, 

“It was because of the sun.” 

Here, the sunlight becomes a symbol of force. It pushes him to kill. Light here is linked to violence and fate.

Light and Final Realisation in Prison: In prison, waiting for death, Meursault again looks at the sky. Now the light is different. It no longer blinds him. It comforts him. He accepts death. He accepts life’s absurdity. Light here becomes truth. It is freedom in facing the end.

Light in the novel is a great symbol. At the funeral, it shows indifference. At the beach, it brings violence. In prison, it gives peace. Camus uses light to show Meursault’s journey from detachment to truth.