I think I will change my tabbing strategy from themes(which I marked in TEWWG) to motifs and other literary elements in The Stranger. I believe this will make my analysis more in-depth. The color scheme for tabbing is as follows:
green=the light in the novel. During different scenes there is a variation in the lighting, giving either harsh or soft light, and I think this has some importance
yellow=the colors shown during the novel. There are many uses of vivid colors to describe the sky and other earthly elements, like the blood-red ground buring maman in chapter 1. These may be related to the lighting above, but I'm interested in what significance they have, if any.
blue=people justifying themselves for others. I think this is related to the societal part of the novel, but it is more in-depth and could lead different places.
red=the use of numbers and dates and times to relate to Mersault's ability to comprehend his situation. This is a stretch, but I think it is promising, because Mersault seems very sure of numbers and dates that are dealing with work and transportation, etc., but does not know the age of his mother. On the first page, he is also unsure of which day his mother died.
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