The first experience Meursault and the reader have with a Christian in the novel is during the Meursault’s second interview with the magistrate. While the magistrate is struggling to

The other example in the novel where a Christian appears is in the scene where the chaplain comes to Meursault’s cell to try to convert him. During the scene, the chaplain seems more concerned with getting Meursault “saved” because “‘Every man [the chaplain has] known in [Meursault’s] position has turned to Him’” (116) rather than genuinely caring about Meursault’s soul spending eternity in hell. Meursault demonstrates through his conversation that in order to reach him, one needs to use logic. However, the chaplain never offers a logical response that would convince Meursault the need for Christ. Instead, the chaplain is only able to annoy Meursault, providing him all the more reason not to accept Christ, but rather to sort out his struggles on his own.

This explanation appears to be well founded and in accordance with what most Christians believe. Unfortunately, the magistrate’s next response seems to

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