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Tarrou: The Plague's Only Hero
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....ague. He creates a variety of characters
who all deal with the plague in their own way, but only Tarrou acts
heroically. Rieux comes close to a hero, but he fights the plague because
it's expected of him and shows indifference at the end of the book.
Besides Rieux and Tarrou, none of the other characters show any her.... Part 2 of Paper
....y embraces the plague, revels in it, and attempts to profit
from it. The rest of the people either waste their time, waiting for the
end (the old man spitting on the cats, the bean-counter, etc.) or join the
sanitation squad, under Tarrou. Nobody takes a stand and resists death
except Rieux and Tarrou.
Rieux and Tarrou do seem to show the same level of heroism. Both
resist the plague, both are symbolically cleansed in the river, and both
record the events of Oran. Brée thinks that for Rieu.... |
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