Journal #2

I think Camus decided to use a first person point of view to keep the focus on Meursault and his thoughts only. This forces the reader to learn much about Meursault by only seeing out of his eyes. We are able to see his thought process and are presented with another way of characterization of Meursault. Using a third person omniscient would mean the narrator knows every thought of every character, creating a definite, solid, or concrete mood. Everything said by the narrator would have a definite meaning and truth. This sounds like it would contradict the idea of existentialism, giving meaning and solidness to what is happening and said. Camus created a character with existential ideas and used first person point of view to further develop and show that existential idea.