"The Plague" by Albert Camus is about a small town named Oran that becomes infected with a strange disease. Dr. Bernand Rieux, the protagonist, has the job of trying to figure out what is causing the disease and how to cure it. There is no real antagonist in this story, except for perhaps the disease itself.
<Tab/>The story starts with rats coming out into the opening and dying. At first, Dr. Rieux doesn't pay attention to the rats, but Raymond Rambert, a journalist, asks for Dr. Rieux's opinions on the problem. Later on, when Dr. Rieux goes to visit M. Michel, he finds…
