Mersault is alone

What most made an impact on me about the last section of the book was how Mersault spent his time in jail. Being in jail was something that wasn't something to freak out about for Mersault, but he did need to do something in order to kill time until the hearing and the jury trial. He wandered his mind off to his apartment and went through it meticulously. He thought of the story of the Czeckoslovakian man who returned home and was killed by his mother and sister because they thought he was a stranger. He received a visit from Marie Cardona, but didn't seem interested in her, so she made up an excuse to not visit him again. 

This concerned me because of the solitude and boredom Mersault lived his last days on Earth. It worries me that he was surrounded by people who appreciated him and enjoyed his company (such as Celeste, Marie Cardona, Raymond), and that these same people abandoned him in the moment he most needed them. Maybe Mersault was fine and didn't need them during his last moments, but many other people might need their friends' support and company. I relate this to a topic we saw in class about existentialism: "We are alone". Throughout our whole life, we are told and we strive to make friends and connections for mutual support and good times. But are these friends going to stick with us no matter what? Maybe unconditional love doesn't exist in the world. Only perhaps from our parents and siblings, as shown in the story about the Czeckoslovakian man. And even these relationships can be destroyed in the blink of an eye. So, on the topic of if we are alone, I would say that our actions greatly influence the level of solitude we face, and very few of our friends and family will stay with us until the end.