Albert Camus was a French writer well known throughout the world for his various works but especially with the idea of ​​"the absurd". Camus believed that something absurd was not possible by humans or logically. It was beyond ridiculous and therefore impossible. This was the basis for one of his most famous works, The Plague. The Plague is a novel that explores aspects of nature and the human condition, fate, God and destiny. The novel is about a plague taking place in Oran, Algeria, which is fictional, but is believed to be relatively based on a cholera outbreak in the mid-1800s in Oran that killed thousands of people. Dr. Bernard Rieux is the protagonist but also the narrator. However, he does not admit to being the narrator until the end of the novel. Camus writes at the beginning that the cases of Oran are told by witnesses of the plague. In The Plague, Camus wants his audience to read the book impartially, without knowing the narrator, in order to take sides with the characters we want and not to be convinced by the narrators who recount the events. In the novel, the people of Oran are ignorant and selfish in thinking that a deadly plague or epidemic would never harm them. When this happens, everyone goes crazy and doesn't understand why this is happening to them. Dr. Rieux is one of the main people who decided to do something. He is a doctor who detects some of the first signs of the plague very early. Being one of the first to recognize the problem as a scourge led to disagreements among everyone. No one believed there was a plague in their town and could not recognize that they were all in grave danger. As the days passed and the death toll rose dramatically, the newspaper community would likely have read that Rieux hated Paneloux. It's exactly the same with Paneloux and if he was the narrator. The novel would have been all about God and how to pray for help. Rieux is the strongest character in The Plague because he was able to distance himself from the events of the plague and not let his feelings and beliefs influence the reader's perspective on the plague. This shows a tremendous strength of commitment on Rieux's part, as he could focus on fighting the plague while still telling a story and without being completely objective about the terrible experiences he had. He was in a very stressful environment that would drive most doctors crazy. Dr. Rieux did not go crazy but was a professional in his work. Camus's best decision in writing this novel was to ensure that the reader did not know that Rieux was the narrator until the end..