Dear Meursault,
It is an unfortunate twist of fate that has led you to be entwined with the punishment of the death penalty, and though I know that you wish me not to, I grieve for your early departure from the experience of life. I am glad your final philosophies about people and the life one should live has brought you solace in the final days you have on this earth, and if that’s what brings you happiness then by all means believe what you want. I just want to make it clear that the rest of the world, for the most part, does not have this sort of existential mentality. I want to shed some extra light on your theories and feel free to absorb what you want, or don’t. If nothing else, you can just appreciate that people have the freedom to believe what they want, and looking at your circumstances I know you will.
First off, your absurd insights do hold some truth. Everyone inevitably will die someday: a fact that many modern societies wish to keep quiet or in a denial state. I commend you for openly accepting this fact, as your death approaches prematurely. What I don’t agree with is how you somehow convinced yourself that when a person dies is irrelevant. Life is short. Making it any shorter than the average lifespan causes it to seem infinitesimal. There is so much to live for and world to see, and to grow old and look back on a full and accomplished life is valued greatly. You argue that after having all your freedom and objects of desire taken away in prison, you now appreciate what you had, and you are satisfied with the time of which you had it. But believe me, the extent of your appreciation is dwarfed by the magnitude of appreciation for life you could have experienced with more of the joys life has to offer. Your philosophy that any life is just as good as another is absurd, and no good. You dismissed your boss’s proposal to go live abroad, yet you are oblivious to what good can come from it. Honestly, have you ever even tried changing your...