Both characters stayed in a room, like their own little world. Meursault was in his own room, watching the world pass by. On pgs. 21-24, the author describes how Meursault is just sitting down and watching families and sports players walk by, enjoying life. It was his choice to stay isolated from the world and to keep his life bland. But thinking about it, it was the only place where he could take a break and just sit and watch, showing no emotions, as in the funeral scene, where no one could watch him. On pg. 10, he notices people watching him. "I had the feeling that they were there to judge me.(10)" So I see that he has a fear of what people think about him, knowing that he's insecure. Therefore, he seemed to lock people out of his room because he wasn't willing to let people into his life. His personal space later changed to his jail cell. He was the same, only he began thinking and showing emotions. "No, there was no way out, and no one can imagine what nights in prison are like.(81)" Living in prison can really change someone and turn someone's life around. When he stays in an enclosed place like that, he has a lot of time to meditate over what he's done. Because of the bad roads he had been taking, he ended up being executed. But he was changed, so he accepted his death as the true end of him. Gregor was a little hesitant at first, but later adapted to his conditions. Gregor was placed into his room where all he could do was look around, eat, sleep, and think. Gregor was forced to stay stuck in his room and he felt alienated from his family. On pg. 42, he wonders "Who in this overworked and exhausted family had time to worry about Gregor ?" He felt lonely and was in depression because the family felt he was a burden, which led him to choose to leave the miserable world. " "Things can't go on like this It has to go," cried his sister His conviction that he would have to disappear was even firmer than his sister's.
The women "with compassion," prepare Esteban's body, a complete stranger, for burial at sea. ... His imagery of sunflowers and brightly painted buildings melts away the cold, fearful emotions most commonly portraying death in literature. ... However, Marquez's fate changed after reading The Metamorphosis by Kafka. ...