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RR #6: 6. How Meursault is effected by his time in jail is that he soon realizes that he misses his life and has realizes that the has missed out on things. As Albert Camus stated in the book ''For example I would suddenly have the urge to be on a beach and to walk down to the water. As I imagined the sound of the first waves under my feet my body entering the water and the sense it would give me all of a sudden I would feel just how close in I was by the walls of my cell'' [Camus 76]. This shows how he did miss miss his old life and his time with Marie. As he said also that Maman said that people got use to things after a while. That shows because at first he did not enjoy it but he got use to jail and how he made some friends with the guard. He realized after he got use to being in jail that when Marie visited him that he missed his old life and how he wanted just to be able to go back before he created the crime. This part of the book after being in jail he has time to think before his court hearing and more emotions gather then when the first part of the book he just has a easy going life.

By katelyn stephens

RR#6 6. The time Meursault has spend in jail has affected his life in a great way. Meursault's life had been so pointless and without meaning to him before he entered prison. Everything that happened to Meursault didn't affect him in any way. Now that he has spent some time in jail, he sees that his life has been so empty and he never cared about anything. Meursault becomes "awakened" because of the time that he spends in jail. "A few days after I entered prison, I realized that i wouldn't like talking about this part of my life"(Camus, 69). This shows that he dislikes his life now that he is trapped in prison. Finally, a big change happens to Meursault that affects him and changes the way he sees things in life. He now realizes how precious and short life really is.

- Vahe Ghazarian

6. Meurault is changed during his experiences in jail. One of those changes deals with the acknowledgement of time. He shows this when he describes his view of the jail sentence by stating, “On the whole I can’t say that those months passed slowly; another summer was on its way almost before I realized the first was over” (Camus 52). This is talking about how much of his life is being torn from him. He explains that the months passed very slowly, as in every activity or lack-thereof took an exceedingly long amount of time to be completed. This is his perception of the passing of time; it has slowed down to making the long time in jail seem to be even further extended. He also does not keep it upon himself to recognize the past as something that had occurred as seen by him saying that another summer was coming before he realized the first had passed. This whole aspect of time is useless to Meursault in jail, because the day-to-day activities stay the same. There is no meaning behind specific dates or times anymore, as there are no liberties in jail. This changes how he weighs the value of his life inside of jail, where no event is allowed nor allotted specific date. All things blend together and he is forced to carry on with them until his release. -Tovi F. Johnson

6. As Meursault is faced with the inevitable end of his life, he begins to realize that he should not have taken everything in his life for granted. During his trial he remembers all these things he used to have: "I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys: the smells of summer, the part of town I loved, a certain evening sky, Marie's dresses and the way she laughed" (Camus 104). He was never attached to Marie until he was in jail, and it is obvious he does after his time in jail due to his remembrance of all the little things that he never cared about before, like her “dresses and the way she laughed.” He also showed no emotion towards his town and never had small things that he really just loved about his life, but as he sits through his trial he knows he will never see them again. Meursault remembers tiny details about his old life: “the smells of summer…a certain evening sky.” His new attention to detail shows that he recognizes that he was living his life in a negative way before he shot the Arab. But, now that he is in prison he cannot do anything to change it. - Sarah Nadal

RR #6:
====Mersualt is affected a great way while he is in jail. In part 2, chapter 1 Mersault says,"I got her letter telling me they wouldn't let her come to see me anymore, because she wasn't my wife--it was from that day that I realized that this cell was my last home, a dead end, so to speak" (Camus 89). This quote means that Meursault feels isolated while he is in prison. He is starting to miss Marie and his friends that he used to hangout with. He begins to realize that he is stuck in prison and he probably wont ever see them again. He starts feeling emotion for the first time in the book and begins to realize his true feelings for Marie. He begins to realize he was living in his own world before and now he is starting to regret the choices he made and the life he had before prison. ==== 

- Nicole Mazzola
6. The time that the character, Meursault, spent in jail in the book “The Stranger” had greatly affected him. In the book “The Stranger” it says, "And the more I thought about it, the more I dug out my memory things I had overlooked or forgotten. I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored. In a way, it was an advantage" (Camus 79). This quote describes a lot about how being in prison has affected Meursault’s life. He begins to reflect on his life before he was put into prison. He looks at his life and sees how meaningless it all was. All it is to him now are memories that keep him occupied while he is in jail. The existentialist believes that there is no meaning in life. Meursault has taken big steps to becoming an existentialist. He is changing and now believes that there is no meaning to his life. He is actually becoming a deep thinker instead of going through life like a robot. - Brandon Ballesteros