My Thoughts and Views about the Stranger

After the seminar most of our classmates had good decisions about the true meaning of the sun as a symbolic message throughout the book. I tired to find the reason why the sun was a reoccurring theme within the book. However, there were many other characters that had some meaning as well.
What I found interesting from the seminar was the fact that Ben and Nourel mentioned about the man and his dog and how they play a purpose in playing the role of god and his followers. At times there were topic that was unclear but it was fun to listen to. My views about The Stranger can be summarized as a very cryptic book. Because the main character always had my mind thinking about his actions. I just don’t understand how he can shoot a person out of the blue. I think that he is having a mental problem with himself more than ever. Because, he mentioned a lot about the sun causing a discomfort towards him.
I enjoyed listening to Kelly’s reason when I asked the question if he was religious or not. Kelly was later supported by Shirley when they both said that he is psychologically detached from the world around him. That was quite a strong statement because I thought that was just stressed out, I never thought that he could possibly be crazy.
Now if you mentioned it. The idea of the main character being crazy can be reasonable because when his mother died, he really didn’t care. His mysterious actions leave the reader confused and frustrated. When reading the first chapter I was still trying to see what kind of character he really is.
Other people from the Socratic seminar used his girlfriend as a portal of this releasing his stress. Also the comparison of the sun and ocean waves was really brilliant. I interpret it as a way for him to get away from the stress around him. I notice that when he’s under the sun his personality was really irritable and when he’s under the waves, he seems more relaxed and chill.
Maybe the author is trying to let us see when he is trying to transition the main character from being mad and angry to being relaxed and chill.

I session of the Socratic Seminar left me with many more questions about the main character and his true emotions. I am looking forward to seeing how he treats people around him later on.