In The Stranger, Albert Camus plays Meursault, the narrator and main character of the book, detached and emotionless. He doesn't think much about events or their consequences, and expresses a lot of feelings in relationships or during emotional moments. He is impassive throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events in the book. After his mother's death, he sheds no tears and appears to show no emotion. He displays limited feelings for his girlfriend, Marie Cardona, and shows no remorse for killing an Arab. His reactions to life and people distance him from his emotions, positive or negative, and from intimate relationships with others and this is why he is called by the title of the book, "the outsider." Although this behavior could be seen as a negative trait, there is a young woman who seems to want to have a relationship with Meursault and a neighbor who wants friendship. He seems to show no emotion, perhaps protected from pain by not showing himself to people. Meursault rarely shows feelings when he finds himself in situations that, for most people, would arouse strong emotions. Throughout the vigil, watching over his mother's corpse and during her funeral, he never cries. He is, furthermore, shown enjoying a cup of coffee with milk and smoking with a guard standing over his corpse, "Then he offered to bring me a cup of coffee with milk. J I like milk in my coffee, so I said yes, and he came back a few minutes with a tray. I drank the coffee and wanted to smoke, but I hesitated, because I don't. didn't know if I could with mom, I thought about it, it didn't matter" (p. 8). The next day, after his mother's funeral, he goes to the beach and meets an old friend named Marie Cardona. They swim, go to the movies, then spend the night together. Later in their relationship, Marie asks Meursault if he wants to marry her. "That evening Marie came to me and asked if I wanted to marry her. I said it made no difference to me and we could if she wanted..