Disillusionment in The Stranger (The Outsider) by Camus In The Stranger (The Outsider) by Albert Camus, the protagonist Meursault is clearly disillusioned with life in general. Two examples of this disillusionment occurred when his mother died and he was offered a transfer to another work environment. This dissatisfaction is fundamental to discern this meticulous and selfish Camusian character. Regarding his mother's death, he seemed indifferent to the loss of her life. He was so disinterested in his funeral that he remarked the following: “…I can be there for the wake and come back tomorrow night” (Camus 3). His mother seemed to slow him down. He claimed he never visited her in the nursing home because she liked it too much. However, he further admitted that the visit “took up my Sunday, not to mention the hassle of taking the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours on the road” (Camus 5). To further define his callousness, Meursault does not shed a single tear in this part of the novel; furthermore, he did not express any form of pain. Likewise, Meursault's attitude and reaction towards an offer of transfer to a Parisian location was a monumental indicator of his insensitivity. He would be expected to accept or decline the offer with kindness and respect. Meursault proves, once again, unpredictable when he states, regarding his current life and a possible reincarnation in Paris: "...for me (life) was the same thing" (Camus 41). Taken aback by his response, Meursault's boss asked yet another question: Was Meursault interested in a life change? Unmoved, Meursault further retorted that one life is as good as another and, furthermore, that he was not at all dissatisfied with his current state. (Notice how he never claimed to be satisfied with it.) Meursault's boss criticized him, crying that Meursault never gave him a straight answer and had no ambition; his boss was sad because both were "disastrous" qualities in business (Camus 41).