Oran

After the quarantine lasts quite a few months, many of Oran 's citizens lose their selfish obsession with personal suffering and come to recognize the plague as a collective disaster that is everyone 's concern, and join anti-plague efforts. The citizens are subjected to their Christian beliefs being tested

occupy Tunisia as rapidly as possible, while landing another force in Morocco to control the Straits of Gibraltar and occupy Spanish Morocco if necessary. In the final version of the plan, the Allied forces landed at Casablanca (Western Task Force), Oran (Central Task Force) and

He is the narrator of this story and is a highly respected surgeon in the town of Oran. Rieux is of average height and has broad-shoulders. He has dark steady eyes, a big, well-modeled nose, and thick, tight-set lips. His black hair is cut short and slick. He belongs to a small group of people dubbed as the "true healers." While he had the opportunity to leave Oran and join his wife, he refused. He remained in Oran to fight the plague with all his abilities and strength. He claims that there is nothing

By using religion as a substitute for human perseverance and sympathy, then nothing can be done to fight against suffering. Father Paneloux gives a prayer about how God has condemned the people of Oran to the plague, and that it is their duty to turn themselves back to God. After the death of M.Othon’s son, even then Paneloux who was obstinate about the people turning back to God realized that his prayer might not have sent out the right message: “A yet more noteworthy change was that instead of

on are the differences between history, culture, and religious beliefs between the novel and Oran, Algeria. In Camus’s story, the community of Oran is thrown into panic due to a plague spreading throughout the city, compared to how Algeria actually functioned in the 1940’s. The cultural approach in ‘The Plague’ is based more off of how the author lived his life, rather than what the culture aspects of Oran, Algeria really are. As well as how the religion in the novel is different than what is majorly

Kameron Browning Ms. McRoberts Honors English III 26 November 2014 Seclusion and Perversion Anarchy. Chaos. Rebellion. Fear. Destruction. Disappointment. Brutality. Heartbreak. Perversion. Death. These are all products of the seclusion in the city of Oran. Albert Camus writes a story displaying all of these messages in his book, The Plague. Among them, perversion and rebellion stick out significantly a midst the rest in the lives of Doctor Bernard Rieux and Raymond Rambert. Throughout their journey

centered on the catastrophic plague in the town of Oran. Dr.

and the home of villains. A character’s strength is limited by the intensity of the fires that forge them. Albert Camus’ piece The Plague does not stray from such a conclusion. The novel, written in 1947, centers on a doctor in Algerian port town of Oran, which is struck by the black plague. From this state of entropy and suffering, the human conscience, more specifically, his human conscience, is exposed, in all its glory. At the eye of this hurricane is Dr. Rieux, wide eyed and clutching his stethoscope

In the first stage of the plague, everyone was confused but not really fazed by the rats found around Oran. But, after a couple of weeks, unfortunately, these rats invading city streets and households became the new normal. This beginning stage didn’t last long though. Eventually “stage two” came into play. A vicious fever started to spread throughout the city, making everyone start to get into a selfish mindset. Everyone started to only trust themselves, trying to flee the city, which became a felony

lose control of their emotions, and let their emotions control their actions. It is in these situations, that people must control their emotions the most so that they can focus on solving the problem. The absurd situation in the small, African town of Oran is an unstoppable plague that strikes the town causing many to die at the hand of nature’s most merciless creation. Albert Camus, in his novel The Plague, demonstrates that life is absurd and meaningless through the random deaths of the towns people