Alienation In The Meursault Investigation

Camus and Daoud use similar words to describe alienation. One example was when both Meursault and Hauraun were imprisoned and lost their sense of romantic love. Both of them missed their partner’s presence as well as physically touching them. They wanted companionship but could not have it because they were imprisoned and isolated from the world. In The Meursault Investigation, Harun describes the following about his alienation to love:
I would have had a better life, at peace with my language on a little patch of land somewhere in this country, but that wasn’t my des- tiny. As for Meriem, she was very much alive. Can you picture us? Me holding her hand, Musa holding my other hand, Mama perched on my back, and your hero, loiter- ing on

But in fact the effort I had to make helped pass the time. For example, I was tormented by my desire for a woman. It was only natural; I was young.
I never thought specifically of Marie. But I thought so much about a woman, about woman, about all the ones I had known, about all the circumstances in which I had enjoyed them, that my cell would be filled with their faces and crowded with my desires (Camus, 77).
Another example that both Meursault and Harun share regarding to the idea of alienation is when they both lost their sense of hope. The idea of losing hope is a form of alienation in the sense that they both are losing sight and connection to what it means to exist and be human through life examples such as religion and death. In the Meursault Investigation, Hauraun says the following about his feeling of hopelessness:
If I believe in God? Don’t make me laugh! After all the hours we’ve spent together… I don’t know why every time someone has a question about the existence of God he turns to man and waits for the answer. Ask him the ques- tion, put it directly to him! Sometimes I have the feeling
I’m really inside that minaret, and I hear them out there, determined to break down the door I’ve locked so