Mersault's Essence of Existence

Throughout the novel, Mersault struggles with his own identity. The most simple things in life, he has a strong opinion towards. For instance, Mersault becomes easily disgusted when people show simple emotions in daily life. He is an easy person to get to, in the way that many things irritate him. He dictates the littlest attributes of life and nature, and talks about their true identities. He becomes so ingested in the environment around him that he becomes irritated with things such as the weather changing. Mersault hates change and cannot stand when things are different around him. For this reason, Mersault struggles with his existence because he finds a hard time trying to cope with the littlest things around him, and the constant change.