Albert Camus The Plague

The part one in Albert Camus’ book, The Plague, started with the town residents were getting sick from ill rats. First of all, when a resident gets sick, the town, Oran, which its located in France, will stand by with everyone as a “the act of love” (4). The people who live in that town will help each other who is sick and help each other. However, when the rats came, Dr. Bernard saw a rat laying he kicked that rat to the side until he recognized that feeling awkward about that rat when he saw another rat in his apartment which also a sick rat that can’t stand up. The sick rats are going to the houses and buildings since another person saw a rat in their house, and it was the topic in the town. However, one person, Jean Tarrou, told the

When there is a plague in the town, such as Oran, has to shut down everything including vacations. Every week, the toll of deaths has risen since more people getting sick from this illness. In the first 48 hours after the first death came, there were eleven deaths from this illness. The town officially shut everything down that the streets are empty since people are afraid to go outside of their homes because the illness is “killing off the half the town before two months are out” (49). The town believes the rats got sick from “injecting poison into the sewer, and a strict supervision of the water-supply” and people who live in the town has to deep clean to preventing to get sick including the cars (52). The doctor finally recognized that he is afraid when he thinks of plague especially when he sees the children playing outside and have no worries. The town ordered when a person is sick; they have to stay home which is quarantine and supervised by the town