The Outsider: Meursault “Heroic but hardly admirable”, how accurate is this assessment of Meursault When Meursault is described to us in the early stages of the novel we see that he does not obey society's codes therefore is it fair for us to assess him using societies interpretation of “heroic”? If we are to judge him by them then we are given ample examples throughout the novel of his having no compassion or even of his thinking of the consequences of his actions, hardly heroic, but the converse is also demonstrated in many places. An example of the former is when Raymond asks Meursault to “draft” a letter to an Arab prostitute. Meursault knows what will result from his actions but seems unemotional and views the letter as being a favour for a friend and not a vicious conspiracy. This lack of emotion is reinforced when the pr....

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