Albert Camus has frequently had death as a staple in his books. This is never more true than in his novel, The Plague. The Plague’s main character is Dr. Rieux. He is a hardworking man with little time for self worry. Even though his wife is away in a sanitarium and he is stuck in Oran; he still focuses on his work and doesn’t let it distract him. However, since the beginning of the novel, three events cause him to change. The three events are sending his wife to the sanitarium, witnessing the rats’ strange behavior and deaths, and watching Jacques Othon suffer and die. The changes start when has to send away his wife to a sanitarium. In the beginning of the novel, Dr. Rieux’s wife is very sick. Her husband is very loving towards her, and