Question

What happens to the man in the story within the story?

a. He disappears and is never heard from again.
b. His mother and sister kill him in order to rob him.
c. He becomes very wealthy and goes back to his wife.
d. He kills himself when he learns of his mother’s death.

(The book is called "The Stranger")

Answer 1

His mother and sister kill him in order to rob him.

Answer 2

Answer: b. his mother and sister kill him in order to rob him.

Explanation: In "The Stranger" by Albert Camus what happens to the man in the story within the story is that his mother and sister kill him in order to rob him. While in prison Meursault finds a scrap of newspaper with a story. It is about a Czechoslovakian man who leaves his town being very young. He becomes rich and comes back in disguise to the town hotel which is ruled by her mother and sister. He shows his money to them and they kill him in order to rob him.