After the doctor took care of him he decided to check up on his landlord. The crime of mister Cottard was revealed, and he tried to hang himself. Soon after he was visited by Joseph Grand that wanted to tell him how he prevented an attempt of murder. Since he was expecting to hear from his wife, he somehow neglected the patient, hoping his state will get better on its own. One day the doctor realized that his landlord was acting strange and when the symptoms like heavy breathing and swellings on his neck appeared the doctor got worried. The dead rats were such a common thing that everyone talked about it, from the people to the local newspaper and radio stations. In the meantime, the doctors' mom came to take care of the household while his wife was absent due to her illness. The two of them also commented on the rats like all of the other citizens that would encounter each other on the streets. Soon the cases of dead rats piled up and the streets became flooded with them.Ī young journalist from another city, Raymond Rambert, looked for the doctor because of a survey he was doing and the theme was the life conditions of the Arabs.

Rieux' wife was ill so the doctor took her to a hospital and then went back to his routine of visiting his patients. After the rat has been taken care of no one gave much attention to this event.ĭr. He called the landlord that claimed there were no rats in the house. Bernard Rieux found a dead rat outside his doors. On the 16 th of April nothing interesting or remotely exciting happened but that morning became extraordinary for one citizen. Oran is a simple city inhabited by ordinary citizens. The author states some details of a pretty monotonous and ordinary lifestyle of a city placed in a province. The first part of the novel gives us an insight into the city's life. The author gives us his opinion about the preposterousness of human's existence if he doesn't take care of others. In those moments everyone acts differently some seek religious explanations, some scientific, some runaway and some make peace with the situation. The novel involves questions about life, humans' inner struggle that starts when situations like diseases come along. The name of the person will be revealed in the end because the author wanted to stay objective until the very end.

Notes by Jean Tarrou, one of the characters, are inserted into the novel. In the beginning we find out that the novel is a chronological diary.

Book the plague by albert camus