In The Stranger, Meursault is concerned with his physical needs. When his mother died, he thought about how hot and tired he was. He felt nothing when she died. Meursault befriended his neighbor Raymond, even though he was not a good person. When they went to the beach together, Meursault killed an Arab. During his trial, everyone tried to get him to show emotion, but he didn't care. Meursault was convicted of murder. As he was waiting in his cell, day after day, he noticed the way the sky looked, and was very descriptive. When it came to talking, he was very short. When a priest came in to get him to say he believed in a higher power, Meursault refused. He became very emotional at the thought of death, and his last thoughts were that he hoped there would be a lot of people watching him die.

Today in society it seems like people tend to be concerned with their physical needs. After awhile, they will tune into their emotions because it eats at a person. When people get married and are unhappy, they tend to stay together because they know they will be physically comfortable. Eventually, people will divorce due to their true feelings because emotional needs weigh just as much as the physical.

I believe that life would be much easier if everyone could tune out their emotional needs, but it's nearly impossible to do so. Their problems could be easily solved. Psychiatrists wouldn't exist. Marriage wouldn't exist. Religion wouldn't exist. You'd just be here waiting to die. Imagine, not caring about anything...