"Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. I twas like knocking four quick times on the door of unhappiness."
At the end of Chapter 6, Mersault has killed the Arab man with a gun once encountering him on the beach. This last quote of the chapter really shows Mersault's numb state of mind, as he strays from the idea that he has just killed a man and now sees the body as a portal to his unhappiness. I feel this quote shows his current state as he has tried to make himself happy in his life through these "bullets," but they continue to cause no change, "without leaving a trace." Mersault is now also unable to distinguish what is good for himself, as he knocks "four times on the door of unhappiness" through killing a man, essentially doing anything to bring feeling and emotion back into his life.
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