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Blended Response: The Plague

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Blended Response: The Plague

Evil is often not thought about in our society. We choose to focus upon the greater good and not worry about evil until it comes our way. It’s always been a topic in which we don’t worry about until it’s time. When I was younger I remember witnessing the border between life and death at my grandfather’s funeral. We grieved for him while he lay in a coffin close in distance but far once put into the perspective of where he was now. Not in the coffin, but in heaven. In “The Plague” by Albert Camus, he explores the idea that evil brings newfound hope and faith through the characters.
The characters in the book that I followed were Dr. Rieux and Tarrou. They both represented ethos and logos. The characters represented ethos and logos because they persuaded us to think from their perspective by using reasoning to explain the events that are taking place during the plague. Dr. Rieux and Tarrou also both had recurring battles with death so they understood how to cope with it. One particular scene in the text I can recall is when Tarrou asks Dr. Rieux if he believes in God, to which Dr. …show more content…

I do agree with the author’s idea. The reason that I agree with the author is because his ideas reflect how regular people whose lives are disrupted by the plague evolve through living with this new evil amongst them. When people are encountered with evil they react differently. One example of this that I liked was from father Paneloux’s sermon in which he says, “Thus from the dawn of recorded history the scourge of God has humbled the proud heart and laid low those who hardened themselves against Him. Ponder this well, my friends, and fall on your knees” (Camus 102) This excerpt shows how father Paneloux reacts to the plague and how he believes that in these times when people are dying and all feels lost, faith should

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