Nine

At the end of the novel, Meursault comes to the conclusion that death is inevitable. If death is inevitable, then it really doesn't matter when or how or why he is going to die, it is more of that he is going to die. In a way he is "coming to terms" with his death, that is if he really needs to. He has not been effected by the death itself, just the burdens that come with it. I believe that Camus believes us to agree with Meursault but also be frustrated. I also thinks he intends the audience to be satisfied with the ending. Meursault is happier at the end; but this is not to say that he was unhappy. He just has a few epiphanies which (I think) result in "happier".

Eight

Thesis: Death is inevitable for everyone, this being true, no one life is superior to or hierarchically different to another's; it is a waste of one's time to realize any hierarchy of persons whose lives all end the same, with death.

Seven

Camus creates a part one and two, in order to emphasize a change that occurs in Meursault. In part one of The Stranger, Meursault feels forced to do things, (go to his mother's funeral, do what Marie wants, obey his physical needs... etc.). He is also affected by the physical world more so in part one, especially by the heat and sun. In part two, Meursault is more in tune to his own thoughts and seems to realize meaning to what he is doing and to what is happening. The two parts just lets the reader notice a natural and prominent character change for Meursault.