Many can agree that love can blind and confuse the mind, a feeling of insecurity could also be a symptom of love. The Stranger by Albert Camus presents a character who embodies strength, desire and confidence. Marie Cardona is a woman with simple needs and extremely determined to satisfy them. Even if she is sometimes simplistic with Meursault, she never fails to leave him, whatever the circumstances. Love is expressed differently for everyone, some like Salamono can hide it, only to release it when the lover is gone forever. Others, like Mary, choose to brag about it to the world without hesitation. This quality, her confidence in herself shines through. She never fails to attest to what she wants "Then she said she was wondering if she loved me, and I couldn't know... Then we went for a walk through the main streets until the other end of town” said Marie. I didn't want Meursault to just like her, she just thought asking was the best way to assert her feelings. What she wanted was to test if Meursault wanted to stay with her, because all that mattered to him was that...