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Part One, Chapter 1
Meursault gets a telegram telling him his mother has died. He travels to the old people's home in Marengo, sits through the vigil without crying, and watches the burial the next d…
Part One, Chapter 2
The day after the funeral, Meursault goes to the beach, runs into a woman named Marie, and starts a relationship with her.
Part One, Chapter 3
Meursault returns to work and falls into his regular routine. He interacts with his neighbors: Raymond, a man with a rough reputation, and Salamano, an old man with a mangy dog he…
Part One, Chapter 4
Raymond beats his girlfriend after luring her back with the letter. The police are called and Raymond is warned.
Part One, Chapter 5
Meursault's boss offers him a promotion that would require moving to Paris. Meursault says it doesn't matter to him either way.
Part One, Chapter 6
This is the chapter everything in Part One builds toward. Meursault goes to the beach with Marie, Raymond, and their friends.
Part Two, Chapter 1
Meursault is arrested and the novel shifts completely. Part Two is about what society does with a man who won't perform the emotions it expects.
Part Two, Chapter 2
Meursault has been in prison for months by now. He thinks about Marie, who visits once and then stops coming.
Part Two, Chapter 3
The trial begins. This chapter is where the novel becomes openly about how society constructs a story to make sense of a man it cannot understand.
Part Two, Chapter 4
The trial ends and Meursault is sentenced to death by guillotine. The final chapter is about what happens inside him after the verdict.
Part Two, Chapter 5
Meursault's trial reaches its verdict. The prosecutor pushes for the death penalty, framing Meursault as a moral monster whose emotional coldness at his mother's funeral proves he…
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