The Stranger: Meursault from another character's perspective

  Mersault seems strange to Marie because he acts normally the entire day that they spend at the beach.  Marie does not find out someone died until she sees him wearing a black tie.  When she asks him how long ago Maman died, and finds out it was only yesterday, she "gives a little start but [doesn't] say anything" (Tanner, 20). She is taken back upon learning of his mother's death, and is quiet because she doesn't want to say anything that might offend him.  People usually mourn after someone they were close to dies, but Meursault choses to go to the movies with Marie, instead.   He does not seem like he is affected by the death, which might be why Marie seems to forget about it, too.  Usually when someone has gone through something sad, they aren't fun to be around, and dwell on their misfortune.  Meursault, however, shows no signs of being sad.