Characters & Relationships
This is the protagonist and narrator of The Stranger
Meursault
What Meursault drinks at Maman’s vigil?
Coffee
What is Marengo?
The town where Mother's old persons’ home is located
Meursault’s famous opening words
Mother died today
How long after the murder Meursault is interrogated for the first time
11 days
Meursault’s neighbor who beats his dog and later becomes his friend
Salamano
What Meursault does immediately after the first shot at the Arab
4 more shots
What is the sun/heat?
The oppressive natural element that recurs at funeral, vigil, and murder
Meursault says it “didn’t mean anything” when Marie asks him this
Do you love me?
How Marie reacts when Meursault says he doesn’t love her.
She laughs and said:" You're strange"
A former typist at Meursault’s office, agrees to marry him the day after his mother’s funeral.
Marie Cardona
What is Meursault’s reason for going to the beach alone after Raymond’s fight
get away from the noise / take a walk
What is a crucifix?
The object the chaplain holds when visiting Meursault in prison
Meursault’s explanation for why he shot the Arab, given to the magistrate
because of the sun
The specific day Meursault learns that Marie cannot visit anymore
the day before the trial
Who is Raymond Sintès?
Meursault’s other neighbor who keeps a mistress and later involves Meursault in a violent conflict.
What favor Raymond asks Meursault to do regarding the Arab mistress
write a letter to lure her back so Raymond can punish her
What is macaroni?
The meal Salamano’s dog refuses to eat before running away
Who said this: "You’re going to make people hate you.”
lawyer
The lawyer’s first question to Meursault about Maman’s funeral.
“Were you sad?” / “Did you feel grief?”
Who is Raymond’s mistress? (unnamed)
The woman Raymond suspects of cheating, whom he beats and later invites to dine
Who is the Arab
The man Meursault killed on the beach(the brother of Raymond’s mistress)
What is a grated window
The physical barrier between Meursault and Marie during prison visits
Who said this: “I didn’t have to think about it. But I didn’t have anything to be ashamed of.”
Meursault
What the magistrate says would “save” Meursault.
Belief in God / repentance?