There are many wonders in the world like disease and sickness and sometimes they can cause pain and suffering. As a child I would sometimes wonder why we had cancer or sickness, I always felt like we had enough to go through with death. Death is a big part of our lives so much that no matter how we look at it or how we don’t want to die there is nothing we can do about it. So why can’t we live are days in good health until we reach that age and go to sleep forever. In the early days people lived in fear of plagues because in those days plagues would kill hundreds of thousands of people. Nowadays we have epidemics, HIV/AIDS, killer Flu H1N1, and STDS. And as the world gets older we continue to have more and more of these deadly diseases. The sad thing is we have to hope that along the path of our life’s we do not fall victim to one of these diseases, and live our days in the best heath as we can. Living a 100% healthy life is not likely to happen because in one way or another you are bound to get something even if it is not deadly. A book like the plague paints a perfectly dark picture of what it was like going through a plague in the early days. The way the story starts out talking about how the town’s people went on about their days not really caring too much about what others did. One of the biggest signs that something was wrong was when they started seeing rats everywhere. The hotel man wanted to blame young kids for putting the rats everywhere instead of thinking there could be a problem. The funny thing is that when Doctor Rieux would go and see the poor he believed something was going on before the town folks did. Even when the rats started coming out in droves and where filling trash cans the people did not w... ... middle of paper ... ...etting me fall flat on my face, and for bringing me out of the problem. Some people may not agree with the saying God will not give you more than you can bear, but I do. I think that no matter how much it may hurt, if you look to God you will come out of it. I think that the way God is good or has another side is just that, the way God is. I think that when I hear someone say that the way God is, and the reason for why he does not stop natural things from happening it is because it is a divine way of thinking. I believe that this is too much for our understanding and that this is why we do not understand. We think of everything as the way human beings think and we forget that God is not human, we are. I also believe that when we die the answers to the things we don’t understand will come clear and we will see the reasons and the truth about all of our wonders
The Archetype of the Trial in The Plague and Hamlet Rare is the tale without a conflict, without a challenge to overcome. However, to even reach the challenge the hero must first pass through the Trial. The archetype of the Trial can be found in almost any folktale. King Arthur must draw the sword from the stone to prove himself fit to be king. Hercules must face labors to atone for the murders committed in his madness. It is prominent in other areas of literature as well; it is especially well
Albert Camus provides a unique look at humanity and the intricacies of living in an absurd world full of hopeless suffering in “The Plague.” Many facets of Camus symbolism within the book can only lead the reader to ponder “Should I kill myself?” while leaving them with the answer “No, life is worth it if I make it worth it. I can overcome suffering.” First, Camus use of parallelism to atrocities, specifically war, function to highlight that death and suffering derives from both humanity and nature
Cinder's mission was to save her sister Peony from the plague because she loved her sister and she was Cinder's only human friend. Buck's mission was to save John Thornton from the deadly river because he loved Thornton and would do anything for him. Artemis Fowl's mission was to kidnap a "leprechaun" so he could obtain it's gold because he loved gold. However, all three undertook their mission while searching for something or someone they love. Cinder wanted to save her sister, Peony, because she
believed that something that was absurd was not possible by humans or logically. It was beyond ridiculous and therefore impossible. This was the basis of one of his most famous works, The Plague. The Plague is a novel that explores aspects of human nature and condition, destiny, God, and fate. The novel is about a plague that takes place in Oran, Algeria that is fictional, but it’s believed to be relatively based on a cholera outbreak in the mid 1800’s in Oran that killed thousands of people. Dr. Bernard
Finding Meaning in Albert Camus’ The Plague Socrates, a Greek philosopher, once said that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38b). Like Socrates, Albert Camus believed that a man needs to live meaningfully. In his novel The Plague Camus creates characters who are forced to think, reflect, and assume responsibility for living as they battle an epidemic of bubonic plague that is ravaging the Algerian port of Oran. For ten months as the outbreak isolates the city from the rest
believed what he was preaching, I believe he was completely wrong. This would make what I would say much different from what Father Paneloux said. However, some strong points did emerge from his sermons. Overall, the two sermons in Albert Camus’ The Plague fail to help people become more faithful and fail to even preach to the people of Oran the truth. Father Paneloux makes statements in his first sermon that condemn the people of Oran for their wicked behavior. Camus’ description of the sermon makes
Oran: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Oran, peaceful and unprepared, is overcome by Bubonic plague. Separation, isolation and indigence become the common lot of distinct characters whose actions, thoughts and feelings constitute a dynamic story of man imprisoned. Prior to the closing, people went about their business as usual, almost oblivious to the plague. When Oran was shut off from the world, its residents had to adapt to the new conditions of life. Men reacted to the terrible visitation in
first to volunteer with the “sanitary squads” without a moment’s hesitation. Grand does not look at what he is doing as a hero’s work; he looks at this as being a necessary duty. In fact, when Dr. Rieux thanked Grand, Grand states; “ Why, that’s not difficult! Plague is here and we’ve got to make a stand, that’s obvious. Ah, I only wish everything were as simple!” (Camus, 134). Grand’s job on the “sanitary squads” may have been a small sacrifice, yet it represented something so much larger than himself
Inexperienced Minds in The Plague The town itself, let us admit, is ugly. These are the words of Dr. Bernard Rieux, the narrator of Albert Camus The Plague. His accurate, unexaggerated descriptions of a town’s sufferings, bring the novel to life. The town of Oran becomes afflicted with a plague, and Rieux, the town doctor, watches the town quickly die away. He joins forces with Jean Tarrou, Raymond Rambert, Joseph Grand, and Father Paneloux, hoping to defeat the unbeatable enemy. The quarantined
The Plague by Albert Camus takes place in an Algerian city known as Oran. Rats that are infected with a vicious disease known as “the plague” invade the city and nearly wipe out half of the population. This disease takes a toll on the citizens of Oran, which make them turn on each other and for some, they question the existence of God. Religion plays a huge roll in The Plague and Camus speaks through his characters and incorporates his views on religion. Camus uses Father Paneloux, the priest in
1. The contrast between Cottard and the other characters is that while everyone else is in constant fear of catching the plague and doing everything they can to fight the disease, Cottard is cheerful in the fact that the plague has put a stop to the police investigating his mysterious crime . Cottard probably also enjoys the camaraderie of everyone else finally being in the same position as he is. 2. The symbolic significance of the scene at the opera is the parallel of the situation that the citizens
Existentialism and The Plague In the mid 1940s, a man by the name of Albert Camus began to write a story. This story he called La Pesté. Written in French, the novel became extremely popular and has since been translated numerous times into many languages. This story has been read over and over, yet it tells more than it seems to. This story tells the tale of a city gripped by a deadly disease. This is true enough, but this is not what the novel is about. The Plague can be read as an allegory
of the spirit of humanity under trial and hardships. Summing up, I quote Camus who says about the book," I want to express by means of The Plague, the suffocation from which we all suffered, and the atmosphere of menace and exile in which wee all lived. At the same time, I want to extend this interpretation to cover the notion of existence in general. The Plague will describe those whose lot in this war was one of silence, of reflection, and of moral suffering."
The Eleventh Plague is a science fiction novel in which Stephen, the protagonist, and his father have to survive the aftermath of a plague. Stephen is 15 years old and is very independent meaning that he does not like relying on others for help. Stephen is still young and has experienced losing many people in his family. But he kept moving on past this and created a happy life in Settlers Landing. The novel takes place in America where much of civilization is now gone. To describe this setting, the
The Plague (French, La Peste) is a novel written by Albert Camus that is about an epidemic of bubonic plague. The Plague is set in a small Mediterranean town in North Africa called Oran. Dr. Bernard Rieux, one of the main characters, describes it as an ugly town. Oran’s inhabitants are boring people who appear to live, for the most part, habitual lives. The main focus of the town is money. “…everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits. Our citizens work hard, but solely with the