Stranger Journal 5

I part two, we begin to see slight changes that really affect how we read the tone of the book. The paragraphs are all even in tone and sentence length. They are no longer short and choppy in one, and long and detailed in the next. Meusault's character also goes through a few changes. A once avid smoker turns down a cigarette when offered, "one of them offered me a cigarette, which I turned down," (82). He has also been changed from a person that goes unnoticed, to the center of attention and this is shocking for him. Also a man dedicated to detail begins to get annoyed at the judge because he "went into minute detail in his narrative," (87). He has gone from a man with very little emotion and not caring too much about what people thought of him to having "this stupid urge to cry, because I could feel how much all these people hated me," (90). This is also shown when he states that "it was the first time in my life I ever wanted to kiss a man," (93). He also for the first time seems to want his opinnion to be know, "There were times when I felt like breaking in on all of them and saying, 'Wait a minute! Who's the accused one here? Being the accused counts for something. And I have something to say!' But on second thought, I didn't have anything to say," He just wants to be heard, (98).