Motif :
One motif I began to heavily notice was that of watching. In almost every paragraph its stated that Meursault is "watching" something or a variation of that such as noticed etc. The effect that Camu could have hoped to have by placing this here might be to emphasize people are trying to find a point to everything. A major theme of The Stranger, Absurdism states that there is no point to life but what you make it. Therefore, the searching could be to emphasize the other motif of Absurdism.
Title :
One of the immediate connections between the title and the book itself is how Meursault views the world and in turn is viewed by the world. Meursault seems to rarely have an emotional response to events, such as his mothers death however he reveals no emotion. Ultimately he's judged by societies preconceptions of how he should act. However, right now the idea can still be seen in places where he reveals others feelings. One such example of this is his boss, who is said to have been "anoyed" at the fact that Meursault would be getting 4 days off. It seems Meursault constantly references, if not cares about what people think.
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