Meursault's actions consisted of going to the beach and flirting with Marie Cardona the day after he got back, and having sex with her that night. On Sunday Meursault slept in and made breakfast for himself. He then sat and watched people, while he smoked cigarettes, on the streets all day until the day passed and he made dinner for himself and went to bed. Meursaults activities seem unimpressive and pointless. He does not mourn after his mother or even seem to notice she has died. He does nothing productive or useful at all. As he describes what he has done that day, he shows very little or no emotion at all. He describes things with the bare minimum so that the reader understands the situation and nothing else.
Camus creates this protagonist because he is so different from the average person. He is detached from life and very unemotional. This difference affects the reader and intrigues he/she to find out more about the character. Camus is writing about a very "average Joe" character which is so unlike anything most protagonists.
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