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When seen from the readers' point of view, the literary characters Hester Prynne from The Scarlet Letter and The Stranger's Meursault are considered outsiders in their respective societies. Though they are the protagonists of their books, their stories seem not only to be about them, but also how they manage to interact with their societies and handle their conflicts with the "insiders" in their stories.

In Monsieur Meursault's society, the mainstream cast of characters is emotionally driven in their actions, while throughout the book Mersault is usually logical, amoral, uninhibited by most emotions. Meursault exudes a calm detachment at all times, which gets him into conflicts with others frequently, such as when speaking with his lawyer. The lawyer asks if Meursault was sad at his mother's funeral, and Meursault responds indifferently yet honestly, that though he probably did love his mother, "that didn't mean anything." The lawyer becomes upset at this point and the......

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