Stranger #3

I think Camus has divided the novel in to two parts to show that Mersault has changed as a character after the murder, but the situations surrounding him really haven't. 

Mersault's thoughts expressed in the 1st person narration of the novel shift pretty dramatically between part one and part two.  In part two, Camus uses more complex sentences and imagery to describe what is going on around Mersault as opposed to describing things in a list like, "this happened, and then this happened" way that we saw in part one.  This could be partially because Mersault has a lot more time on his hands to think about and observe things in his life now that he is confined to jail.  Mersault also spends more time pondering the past in part two.  He thinks about Marie, Maman, and every detail of his room back home.  Mersault admits later in the book (not sure where, I highlighted it though) that he was used to thinking about the future, either today or tomorrow.  The shift in Mersault's thinking is an important part of his character development as we move in to part two. 

I drew some parallels between the two parts.  One of them was the old people in chapter one and the jury in part 2.  Both of the groups of people blend together and are indistinguishable, and both groups either are or appear to be judging Mersault.  The walk to Maman's funeral took 45 minutes, and the wait for the verdict of the trial was the same amount of time.  The little robot woman appears again, but this time with a young man that reminds Mersault of himself.  In part one, time is very definate and Mersault keeps track of what day it is, what time he needs to catch his bus, etc.. In part two, time blends together for Mersault.  Days run together without ending. 

Question: Why does part 1 have six chapters and part 2 have 5? Was Mersault's life cut short too soon? I want things to be parallel, and that bothers me.