Traditionally, The Plague has been seen as an allegory about the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. For who would dare to assert that eternal happiness can compensate for a single moment’s human suffering?”In The Plague, God is as much a character as Rieux or Grand. As Tarrou tells Rieux: “... each of us has the plague within him; no one, no one on earth is free from it. The good man, the man who infects hardly anyone, is the man who has the fewest lapses of attention. Here is the last paragraph of the novel: “And indeed, as he listened to the cries of joy rising from the town, Rieux remembered that such joy is always imperiled.

Source: Mint December 03, 2016 17:54 UTC