Journal #5

I think the reason that Camus broke his novel into two parts was to show the difference between Meursault's life before and after the murder. But I also think he did it to show parallels between the two beginnings. In the the beginning of part one Meursault is indifferent to his mothers death and seems to act like he doesn't care. In the beginning of part two, you also see Meursault attitude as not caring about who he is talking to and what he just did. But the difference between the two parts endings is that at the end of the second part he starts to realize that life is meaningless and his death is meaningless.