ADMS 2320 Lecture Notes - Orans, Escape Attempt, Black Market
8 Oct 2013
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July 30: camus" the plague: describe in detail the impact the plague crisis had on the general population of oran. Cholera epidemic that killed a large percentage of oran"s population. Thousands of rats, initially unnoticed by the populace, begin to die in the streets. A hysteria develops soon afterward, causing the local newspapers to report the incident. Authorities responding to public pressure order the collection and cremation of the rats, unaware that the collection itself was the catalyst for the spread of the bubonic plague. The town gates are shut, rail travel is prohibited, and all mail service is suspended. The use of telephone lines is restricted only to urgent calls, leaving short telegrams as the only means of communicating with friends or family outside the town. You"re using the language of reason, not of the heart; you live in a world of abstraction (p. 82).
