He constantly complains of heat and is attracted to Marie Cardona's physical beauty, but his friendship with Raymond Sintes and presence at a beach in Oran result in his shooting an Arab, a crime for which he is given the death penalty.
At the end of the work in which he appears, this character notes that he hopes to be "greet[ed] with cries of hate." Foils for this character include Thomas Perez and his neighbor who repeatedly berates a dog but cries when it runs away, Salamano. He constantly complains of heat and is attracted to Marie Cardona's physical beauty, but his friendship with Raymond Sintes and presence at a beach in Oran result in his shooting an Arab, a crime for which he is given the death penalty. For ten points, name this Absurdist anti-hero and title character of Camus' The Stranger.
At the end of the work in which he appears, this character notes that he hopes to be "greet[ed] with cries of hate.
{Meursault} (accept The {Stranger} before it is mentioned)