8th period: your question

I had to leave half day, so this question was already answered by period 2.  Here it is:

After your read chapters 1 and 2 of The Stranger, answer the following question:

What is Mersault's view of death and its rituals? In what ways does he see this as absurd?  How do you know this from his behavior during his mom's funeral? In what ways do the people at the home do "what is expected" when someone dies instead of perhaps what they really feel?

Do you think Mersault is sad about his mother's passing?  Why or why not?