Let me first start off by saying that Meursault is border line crazy. To kill someone just because your hot is insane. He shot the Arab as if he wasn't a human and to make matters worse he shot him four times. It seems to me that Meursault gets out his emotions by not showing any. I know that makes no sense but if you think about it when something bad happens to Meursault he lashes out at people... or says things that he knows will hurt. Such as when his girlfriend asked him if he loved her he simply said it doesn't matter. "Then she wanted to know if i loved her. I answered the Sam way i had last time, that it didn't mean anything but that i probably didn't love her" How can he be so blunt when his girlfriend is talking about a serious topic.

Although Meursault is not very emotional after the shooting he shows some type of growth. In the interrogation office when he is getting a chance to be forgiven by god he states that he doesn't believe in god but then realizes how sincere he is about his passion for Christ. "I was struck by how sincere he seemed..." He shows more compassion from before and actually shows that he is listening and paying attention to his emotions. Although he seemed some what compassionate with the officer as soon as he got into the cell he acted as if he wasn't in jail, like his life was still normal. 

I think that Meursault has a hard time of expressing his feelings and getting out how he really feels. I think that if he opens up about his feelings he might be judged or taken advantage of such like any emotional person. But i believe that if he doesn't open up towards Marie she might eventually leave him. He has rejected her idea of love twice, if that was me i would have left him the first time. 

I hope by the end of the book Meursault shows more emotion or else i will find the book pointless. His blahness makes me dread reading but i keep reading on just to see if he shows any emotion. Hopefully this book shows his drastic emotional change!