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Meriem
A young student who has sought out Harun and wants to hear his story about Musa. The two frequently meet at Harun’s favorite bar. Little information is given about the interlocutor, and this purposeful vagueness makes him a stand-in for the reader, allowing Harun to discard the traditional boundaries of storytelling and address the reader directly.
The Interlocutor Quotes in The Meursault Investigation
The The Meursault Investigation quotes below are all either spoken by The Interlocutor or refer to The Interlocutor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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And that’s where you go wrong, you and all your predecessors. The absurd is what my brother and I carry on our backs or in the bowels of our land, not what the other was or did.
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Chapter 3
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Who, me? Nostalgic for French Algeria? No! You haven’t understood a word I’ve said. I was just trying to tell you that back then, we Arabs gave the impression that we were waiting, not going around in circles like today.
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The Interlocutor Quotes in The Meursault Investigation
The The Meursault Investigation quotes below are all either spoken by The Interlocutor or refer to The Interlocutor. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
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And that’s where you go wrong, you and all your predecessors. The absurd is what my brother and I carry on our backs or in the bowels of our land, not what the other was or did.
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Chapter 3
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Who, me? Nostalgic for French Algeria? No! You haven’t understood a word I’ve said. I was just trying to tell you that back then, we Arabs gave the impression that we were waiting, not going around in circles like today.
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