In Albert Camus's novel, The Stranger, the world, as it is described by the narrator, seems to be a very unhappy place. All of the elements of everyday life are disturbingly impermanent and the cruelties of the characters is portrayed in a nonchalant and casual way. The opening scene of the novel deals with one of the quintessential temporary and cruel situations, the life someone in a home for the elderly. The workers and people there are well aware of how unpredictable and their life there can be and how they are disregarded by everyone else. This is exemplified by the way Perez was treated during the the funeral. The way he began to lag behind, as everyone else ignored him is an example of frequent cruelty and the small shortcuts he took to catch up with the group again are an example of the many temporary successes of life.
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