At the end of the text Meursault comes to the conclusion that when he dies because of his death sentence(as everyone does at one point in their lives) he will have a fresh start at a new life. After getting talked to by the chaplain, Meursault feels angry and disagrees with almost every idea he has. After being pushed too far Meursault screams at the chaplain at the top of his lungs and at that point he has an epiphany about life and his entire view on it, “Maman must have felt free then and ready to live it all again. [...] I felt ready to live it all again too,”(122). In this passage it is apparent that Meursault has realized why he has been unable to feel remorse for his mothers death. This allows him to accept his own sentence of death and feel peaceful for his final moments on earth.
I believe that Camus wants the reader to also come to the same conclusion that he did. Throughout the book, he has hidden Meursaults true feelings and emotions about everything in life, including his mothers death. Then finally at the end of the book Camus writes that Meursault has an epiphany and allows the reader to not only see how Meursault has been secretly thinking all along, but also allows the reader to see Camus’ views on the world and his true philosophies that were somewhat hidden through out the book.
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