Oran

The people of Oran live a life of monotony and indifference to the problems of the people around them, so when they succumb to the wrath of the plague, they realize for the first time that their lives are indifferent to the world and that death may be around the corner. In Albert Camus’s The Plague, each character develops a different way of thinking that helps them to rationalize the plague. Rieux uses what he knows as a doctor as motivation to help the people suffering around him, while Father…

The Plague by Albert Camus is a novel that demonstrates the selfishness of the people of Oran, Algeria as they fall victim to a plague, causing the entire town to be quarantined. The book’s narrator, Dr. Bernard Rieux, shows his viewpoint of the citizens of Oran through his remark, “In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences.” The Plague was written not only to demonstrate how selfish…

becomes one’s own enemy. Likewise, in The Plague, by Albert Camus, the plague prevents the people of Oran from practicing their daily routines. Therefore, Camus develops the plague as an antagonist as it deprives the townspeople of the simple pleasures and the beauty of life. Camus utilizes personification to show how the plague is an enemy of Oran and its people. Camus compares the condition of Oran before the plague and its deterioration after the plague invaded the town. “It was plain to see…

The Plague: Reading Log #1 1.) The plague begins in the Algerian port town of Oran in the 1940’s. Due to unknown reason, all the rats in town begin dying in a horrific manner. The town doctor, Bernard Rieux becomes concerned because of the manner the rats are dying. Soon the rats stop dying and the citizens become ill. It became evident that the Bubonic plague has hit the town. As people began to die, Rieux and other doctors beg authorities to take preventive action which results in a quarantine…

England In England in 1948 the summer was incredibly wet so this led to rot grain all over the country due to the rain. The harvest was negatively affected it assured that there might be food shortages. There was a worse enemy that began to appear which is the Black Death. It was not clear from where did the black death appeared in England or how did it reach England. At that time some reports said that it reached Dorset while others said Bristol. The Black Death appeared in the end of July or…

turning to suicide. There are many parallels to his reasoning in The Plague, where he uses the threat of sickness in a quarantined environment to showcase the different reactions humans have to an overwhelming loss of hope. In his novel, the town of Oran is forced to wake up from their habits and confront their reality. The urgency of so many people dying drives several of the characters to turn to revolt, freedom, and passion. Camus uses the situation of a plague and the imminent threat of…

In our class discussion about The Plague we focused on how Camus uses easy to overlook details to make one reexamine their own beliefs. The group began by asking us if the community came together or fell apart. In this discussion we came to the conclusion that while the people came together as one community suffering under the plague, civilization fell. Through this ironic scenario, he offers to the reader an idea that civilization is not needed and that solely with community humans can help one…

The concept of suffering is a persistent motif in Albert Camus's novel, The Plague. Camus explores this notion through two different characters, Father Paneloux, a devout Jesuit priest, and Jean Tarrou, a visitor to the town of Oran who is deeply philosophical and thoughtful regarding the workings of the world. While the subject of piety and sainthood swirl around these characters, the way these two men struggle with suffering is very telling. Indeed, while both men suffer and die, Camus…

INTRODUCTION I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in the state whereas they will not be arbitrated by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. These are the influential words of Martin Luther king Jr as he stood opposing discrimination. Discrimination separates people that demand to work hand in hand alongside every single supplementary in order to make the globe a larger locale to live in, as it creates bad blood amongst supplementary people.…

Gregor, eventually starts losing his humanity as he transforms into a bug, while Rieux continues to keep that humanity as he watches the Plague take over Oran. Midway through The Metamorphosis, Gregor is starting to forget what has been happening to him as his humanity slips away: “Even now he had been on the verge of forgetting and only his mother’s voice, which he had not heard for so long, had shaken him up”(). Gregor is starting to lose his humanity and he starts to fully become the vermin…