1. Closely examine 3 of the minor characters Camus has introduced. How are the characters described and what role do they play? What is Camus trying to accomplish/reveal with each of these characters?
Three characters that Camus introduces are: Raymond, Emmanuel, Salamano
Salamano is described as being almost exactly like his dog. Salamano plays the role of elderly neighbor with a dog and has a temper. It feels as if Salamano is using the dog as a vehicle for his anger from the death of his wife. Salamano is portrayed as disliking the dog, but when the dog goes missing, you can tell that he truly loved the dog. Just like a family, he and the dog fought, but they still loved eachother.
Emmanuel is described as being fun loving and free. In one blurb, we see Mersault and Emmanuel taking time to look out at the ocean before they run for the truck. Emmanuel is sensitive to the natural beauty around him. Yet still likes to enjoy life.
Raymond is described as a warehouse guard, a male shovenous pig, ill-tempered, and a wife beater. He is used to move the story along as a vehicle for connecting Mersault to crime. If Mersault would not have written the letter for Raymond, the police would not have connected him to Raymond's beating of his girlfriend, and Mersault would not have gotten a police record. Without a police record, the court would have been less likely to convict him of murdering the Arab on the beach later in the book.
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