![]() Tarrou responds with a question of his own, about a recently preached sermon that suggested the plague might be a spiritual opportunity. ![]() The weary and overburdened Rieux accepts at once but asks Tarrou if he “has weighed the dangers” of his offer - exposure and death. Tarrou appears at Rieux’s home at night and offers to help. Tarrou, a journalist who was trapped in the ailing town by the quarantine. The following excerpt consists of a conversation between the physician, Dr. In chronicling his characters’ search for understanding, the author explores the theological questions raised by suffering, death, and sometimes, recovery. ![]() The population of the town is quarantined and, in its isolation, struggles both to survive and to understand its strange fate. In Albert Camus’ novel, an Algerian town is stricken by a deadly and mysterious plague. ![]()
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