community This shows alienation as a main theme Absurdity of Life The murder of the Arab shows absurdity At Masson s beach house Meursault walks alone The sun blinds him The Arab raises a knife Meursault fires He says It was because of the sun This reason shocks the court It proves life has no clear meaning In prison the Chaplain asks him to pray Meursault shouts I didn t believe in God He accepts life is absurd This motif of absurdity runs through the novel Nature as Motif Nature plays a strong role At the beach Meursault enjoys swimming with Marie Cardona The sea gives him joy Later the sun brings violence During the funeral he suffers from the heat At the murder the sun blinds him He says the sun made him shoot Thus sun and sea become repeating motifs They show both happiness and destruction The Outsider uses alienation absurdity and nature to build its meaning Meursault is judged more for not crying than for killing He accepts the absurd The sea sun and heat show life s power Camus proves the world is indifferent