Essay on the Power of Language in The Plague -- Albert Camus Plague Es

The Power of Language in The Plague In his fabrication The Plague, Albert Camus presents a pseudo-historical docu custodytary of a plague that confines and controls the citizens of Oran within their city gates. The plague possesses the federal agency of life and death over the sight, as it determines which citizens forget face their death or those who work to stop death. These latter workforce, personified by the characters of Rieux, Grand, and Tarrau, each struggle endlessly to master the plagues supply over their lives, up to now with the realization they may never succeed. For Camus, this idea of impossible struggle against an unseen power resonates throughout the novel and reoccurs in another plague which these men must contend - the limits of human linguistic communication. Camuss characters place great emphasis and impressiveness upon the power of language and lament their softness to express themselves clearly. As a result, Camus establishes that human language, li ke the plague, possesses an elusive power in determining the lives of these men even as they struggle to master and control it. Camus demonstrate this counterbalance through his description of Rieuxs struggle to choose run-in carefully as he recognizes their power to both define and control his work. Next Camus establishes the power of haggle in his comical yet poignant portrayal of Grand, whose inability to find the right words stifles and confines both his work and his spousal relationship (p.42). Lastly, Camus elaborates upon this power of words through the actions of Tarrau who directly links the misuse of words with the power to kill. For Dr. Bernard Rieux, the use of human language will eventually table service define his work. Therefore he struggles to choose his words carefully. When being asked to draw in the mysteri... ...termine events in human life even when the speaker works to prohibit this. Thus, he establishes once again the power of language over people who can be conscious of languages power but never in all control this power in human life. Through his portrayal of Rieux, Grand, And Tarrau, Camus depicts the power of language as each attempt to master and are get the hang by it. In doing so Camus pays tribute to language and makes The Plague a commentary on the artistic process, as Camus himself struggles with language in his life history as a writer. Thus Camuss novel also serves as a fable of the written word, as writers must struggle to master the language in their writings. For Camus, the moral of the story warns the reader to be careful when choosing his words as each has potential power to control lives. Works CitedCamus, Albert, The Plague. vintage NY, 1991.