The figurative language used is Oxymoron.
It is a Oxymoron because the words contradict each other when it says “ we lay down our arms” to “we can reach out our arms”
Many of the people starved to death, the others often ate their dead out of desperation.
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gawkish: can also mean clumsy or awkward
Hopefully this helps.
If anything, it made it a bit more frightening... It gave the reader access to his insane mind.
Answer:
The home director said that he was suprised by Meursault's calm attitude; he did not cry once nor pay respect at his mom's grave.
