Journal #2- The Stranger

2) I think Camus uses first person point of view to make us imagine what the protagonist is going through. When it is a first person point of view, we can see things directly through that person and understand their exact thoughts, actions and what they feel about their surroundings. It helps us imagine that the protagonist is telling us the story directly, not through another person. Camus didn't choose third person omniscient because he does not want to describe things in detail and the thoughts of Mersault through his point of view. He wants to show Mersault as himself and as an independent character and his own ideas to support the idea of existentialism. If he were to say he said"..." and then he would describe the characters thoughts in his point of view, it wouldn't show the nature of Mersault through the way he acts and talks. The use of first person relate to Camus' theme of amorality of people because it supports the idea of being amoral through Mersault.