The Stranger The Stranger by Albert Camus group rates for
schools and districts  The Stranger Part 2, Chapter 4 Summary
• At first, Meursault finds the pleading stage and closing
remarks amusing. Both lawyers plead guilty, but his attorney
does it with an explanation, whereas the prosecutor does so
without one.   • Meursault feels that all through trial, more is
said about him than about the crime he committed. Every now and
then he feels the urge to intervene, but is shut down by his
attorney.   • Meursault gathers that the prosecutor wants the
jury to see the murder as premeditated (meaning Meursault
planned it ahead of time), having painted him as a cold,
insensitive, remorseless killer.   • The way he (Meursault) sees
it, why should he feel remorse? It’s not as though he’s ever
been able to feel it before.   • Meursault realizes that he has
been judged to be intelligent by the prosecutor, which somehow
makes him worse for having committed the murder; he doesn’t
really understand this logic.   • The pro