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What is the importance of the following quote, “Then he asked me if I didn’t think she should be punished and what I’d do if I were in his shoes. I told him one could never be quite sure how to act in such cases, but I quite understood his wanting her to

What is the importance of the following quote,

Then he asked me if I didn’t think she should be punished and what I’d do if I were in his shoes. I told him one could never be quite sure how to act in such cases, but I quite understood his wanting her to suffer for it.

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Meursault doesn’t feel normal attachment sex-related emotions. He however thinks he understands why others might feel these emotions. Meursault can understand jealousy and betrayal even though they are meaningless concepts to him.