eople have wished their loved ones were dead" (Camus 63). As Bree points out, though, the prosecutor, lawyer, and chaplain perceive Meursault as guilty because they judge him based on "conventional semisocial, semi-religious, Occidental terms" (112). But these terms are meaningless to Meursault, who insists on remaining faithful to his own feelings.
Indeed, as Bree asserts, Meursault "acts in a human situation as though human relationships, and therefore responsibilities, do not exist" (112). He does not feel compelled to express insincere feelings for his mother simply because that is what society expects of him. Bree believes that Meursault is incapable of lying, and even though he has in fact killed the Arab, it was not a premeditated act, but instead one of self-defense. Regardless, Meursault is found guilty based almost on entirely on his relationship a
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