Pages 20-40 Some sort of spark

Caulfield reminds me Meurasault not just by the way they act but also by the way they both narrate their lives. Meurasault tells his story very vividily like Caulfield with details on every little thing they have to live through such as going to work for Meurasault and Caulfield being in his prep school. Also they make sure to have their distinct opinions about the situation taking place. Whether or not they agree with whats going on they do acknowledge how they feel whether its full of excitment or not. For example when Raymond is trying to get Meurasault's whole point of view on his mistress. Raymond is a very blunt character who wants to teach a lesson to his so called disobdient other but cannot come to the conclusion with how to exactly punish her. "...he wanted to know what I thought of the whole thing. I said I didn't think anything but that it was interesting." (page 32) Meurasault seems like a very monotone guy that just goes with the flow and ever since the beginning of the book has no complete emotion of what exactly is taking place. Unlike Caulfield he is a little outspoken on what he thinks of other people and likes to tell it how it is.
By the end of chapter four I got kind of excited because Meurasault thought of his mother Maman whenever Salamano started crying because of his dog being lost. I was really shocked that he related himself to someone else. But then of course just changes the subject so fast because his eventful life needs attending to.
I wonder why he almost released some sort of emotion when Salamano cried?