The Stranger

I consider "The Strager" written by Albert Camus as one of the strangest novels that I have read. The fact that Meursault is so indifferent when hearing about his mother's death, and the fact that he did not want even to see her face in the last moments of her life, at first made me a little bit upset. My first impression was that Meursault is a person who does not care for anything, including here his own life as well. However, after reading the story further, what really confused me was the fact that he was helping his neighbors by listening to their problems. Later on, the author of the book compares the character of the human being with a character of an animal (in the case of Salamano and his dog). Albert Camus uses different ways to express and portray to us a "selfish" and "cruel" world.
I found the first three chapters very interesting, and I am looking forward to continue reading the book and see what happens further.