Oran

The Plague, written by Albert Camus, is a story about a bubonic plague outbreak in the French Algerian city of Oran. “I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn't even matter.” This quote from the band, Lincoln Park, describes the Absurdist philosophy shown in the Plague. Camus brings the reader on a rollercoaster of heroism and self-sacrifice, just to drop them off at the fact that none of it mattered in the end. The story starts out by an unnamed narrator giving brief background

Albert Camus’s The Plague is a chronicle that focuses on a bacterial epidemic in Oran in the 1940s. The reader is informed about the town and its current occupants through the entirety of the plague demonstrating its effects on the populace. Doctor Bernard Rieux, the narrator, is our window into the Algerian town, revealing bias toward his thoughts and perceptions of people despite trying to remain objective in his retelling. When following Rieux through the story we see his thoughts move from

However many other people, such as Cottard, respond with overwrought emotions and corresponding action. In Cottard’s case this was an attempt at taking his own life cut short by the calm and intellectual neighbor, Grant. Most every other citizen of Oran, the main city of the novel, take to a remedial lifestyle of walking with your head down, going where is needed, getting a few drinks,

Enclosure A, Directive for Commander-in-Chief Allied Expeditionary Force, the first sentence, identifies the objective for Operation TORCH as “complete control of North Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea”. The Allied Center of Gravity (COG) for Operation TORCH is the military, more specifically, the Western Task Force (WTF) as identified in Enclosure B, Annex IV to The Outline Plan, Operation “TORCH” Outline Plan Western Task Force. The WTF will execute tasks that will enable the obtainment

movement. This could have been prevented if proper utilization of reconnaissance parties to ensure proper landing sites instead of searching for enemy submarines (Slee, 2017). Naval Forces from Casablanca were called in to assist with the Landing in Oran due to the French resistance as well as the environmental

Christian approach to conquering life. Together, both pieces of text, directly and indirectly address these challenges of existence. The people of Oran must find a way to persevere when their city is overcome by the Plague. Jean Tarrou, a man who believes that humanity must stop sitting back when death is occuring, engages with the leaders of Oran and devotes his time to fighting the plague. Tarrou said, “all I maintain is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it’s

they are going to do. Only by chance will another person enter into the picture to provide companionship for a short time. The Plague also shows great isolation. Camus articulates his belief that humans are isolated and alone through Oran's situation. Oran is cut off from the outside world. No ships are allowed to enter the port, which brings about the death of commerce. For a time, no letters or telegrams are allowed to the outside (Peyre 318). The people are also unable to enjoy nature by taking a

The plague is slowly infiltrating the thoughts of the citizens of Oran one by one just as the physical illness has. We have begun to see the psychological sense of the plague through the portrayal of Rieux’s thoughts constantly consumed with the dying rats and the journal of Tarrou filled with narratives of the plague intertwined with normal everyday journal entries. From the beginning of the novel, we see the plague, more specifically the rats, consuming the life of Rieux through his constant interaction

In the book Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen, Charley Goddard says, “I have got to become a man sometime.” Charley, a boy about 15 years old, lives on a farm with his ma, and his little brother Oran. His dad will not come around anymore because he gets kicked to death by a horse that goes mad.The horse goes mad because a bee lands on it. Charley wants to me a man and grow up, so he continues to ask his ma if he can join the army. His ma lets him join the army because she thinks the war will quickly

the notion of Revolt (1913—1960)."). Camus tried his hand at essays, drama, and fiction throughout his association with his company, Théâtre de l’Équipe, and his friend’s liberal newspaper, Alger-Républicain (Parsell). When living with his wife in Oran, Camus completed The Stranger and the essay Myth of Sisyphus in 1948 (Sachs). In 1936 he wrote the play Revolte dans les Asturies but the performance was later banned (Kellman). The publication of L’Homme révolté also caused controversy. In 1946 Camus