The Stranger, Chapter Two Response

What are the things Meursault doesn't like talking about?

I think that Meursault does not like talking about the freedom that he has lost now that he is prison. Also he does not like to talk about the fact that he thinks like a free man. Meusault really doesn't like that when he gets the urge to take a walk or smoke a cigarette that he is suddenly forced into the realization that he is not able to do any of these things he once took for granted.

What explains the unspoken nature of these things? Why is there silence surrounding them? Is this silence positive or negative? 

There is an unspoken nature about freedom in prison because Meursault knows that there is nothing he can really do. Even if he tries to be outspoken and get these freedoms, he knows that he never will in jail. This is a very negative silence, a defeated silence. It is a silence that was once very similar to Meursault's personality. He used to think that he did not really care what he did so he never cared to talk about it or share. But now he realizes the privileges he once had but feels defeated because there is nothing he can do to get them back.