The Stranger Journal 7 (comparing part 1 and 2)

Albert Camus creates a part one and a part two in The Stranger to help separate the happenings in the book. In both parts we see that Mersault is detached from reality. In part one Mersault is detached mentally from what is happening. In part two he is detached more physically (being kept in a prison cell). In part one Camus also seems to setup Mersault as a character rather than tell a story until the very end (when he goes to the beach). In part two Camus tell Mersault's story and how he is interacting with the situation of the court room. In both parts Mersault feels that sensation of being watched; in part one by the sun and in part two by the people of the court room.