Stranger Journal 7

I think he creates the two different parts to show that being a prisoner is just the same as being a free man. During Meursault's trial, you get a sense that he is isolated from everyone around him. You get this exact same sense during his mothers funeral. I think that his mother's funeral and his trial are parallel in a Meursault's overall feeling towards them. He does not feel any remorse for anyone at the funeral or the trial. He feel's only irritated and sad about how things are for him. The trial is merely an inconvenience to him, just like his mother's death. The two scenes are very different, but Meursault's attitude is exactly the same.