This quote contributes to the motif of sticking to a routine. Camus creates this motif to show that the protagonist does not feel any need to expand his horizons in life. It will continue to create this distance between the reader and the character because it prevents the reader from having new experiences with Meursault.
"Waiting for the next course, she again took out of her bag a blue pencil and a magazine that listed the radio programs for the week" (Camus 43).
"But at the same time I noticed, at the far end of the beach and a long way from us, two Arabs in blue overalls coming in our direction" (Camus 53).
"It was covered with yellowish rocks and the whitest asphodels set against the already hard blue of the sky" (Camus 49).
The motif of the colors blue, white, red and yellow appears every time Meursault experiences something he is not completely familiar with. This may lead to the author using colors whenever Meursault is forced out of his comfort zone. The descriptions of the colors next to the ordinary protagonist is a major contrast.
"You could still hear the sound of the water and the flute deep within the silence and the heat" (Camus 56).
"And every time I felt a blast of its hot breath strike my face, I gritted my teeth, clenched my fists in my trouser pockets, and strained every nerve in order to overcome the sun and the thick drunkenness it was spilling over me" (Camus 57).
"...the rest of his body in the sun" (Camus 58).
There is a major motif of sunlight and heat so far in this story. This might lead to the reader realizing the differences between the author and the narrator. The narrator is in charge of everything he does and it is his doing that allowed him to become the person he currently is. The author might be trying to show that there is a higher power that people cannot control with this motif of sunlight and heat.
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