The plague

Hello readers this is my  point of view about Albert Camus novel "The Plague" this particular work is given by the head of the English department Dr. Dilipsir barad, he wants to aware students about corona pandemic as well as making us familiar with historical data of pandemic. 


It is as reasonable to represent one kind of imprisonment by another, as it is to 
represent anything that really exists by that which exists not. 

 DANIEL DEFOE 

“Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • 

"A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus’ iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. 

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror.

An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France’s suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

Humanity(Self-Centeredness Vs Self-Sacrifice)

Science Vs Religion

Power Politics(Nascism of 1940s Vs 2020 Epidemics)

This narrative as an archetype of Epidemic Literature

1)Man is a creature that is as difficult to control as this epidemic.  Sometimes humanity is seen in it, sometimes selfish instinct.  When there is an epidemic, plague or a disaster in the world, they risk their lives to fight and somewhere people are not even aware to save their lives.

In this novel Dr. Rieux. Camus has given the message of Solidarity against absurdity. These two seems well example of human sacrifice. There are also other people who are living mindlessly. There is always social unrest among these kinds of people. Everyone reacts differently according to different situation. One character in this story has committed suicide, the easy way out. Some decides to live in blissful ignorance. They are denying the real fact. They are much self-centered. Father Paneloux also comes under self centeredness because he is not doing anything just giving lessons to people about collective destiny and the God’s punishment.

It has become a reality of human life that man considers himself a superpower and wants to conquer all sorts of things but sometimes his fight is against a deadly epidemic and disaster.

2)The debate between science and religion will never end.  There is no end to this struggle.  Whenever such a crisis time has come upon human life, both religion and science have always run in different directions

People who believe in superstition have never found the facts of science to be meaningful.  The ultimate loss from this kind of contradictory attitude is to the human race.

 In this novel we can see Dr. Rieux and Paneloux are face to face. Dr. Rieux don’t believe in collective destiny where all are getting punished. Father believes that this plague is all about God’s punishment for human. Dr. Rieux has seen death of all diseased people including innocent children. He has other ways to justifies his statement.
-         Dr. Rieux has presented excellent point in this work-
“What interests me is learning how to become saint”
“But you don’t believe in God”

“Exactly, can one become a saint without God?”

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