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In the mid 1940’s, Albert Camus, began to write the novel . The story has been read over and over again, yet it tells more than it seems to. It tells the story of a town gripped by a deadly disease, and of how the inhabitants thrive to overcome it. Many con ....

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.... against injustices and fighting the “against s that enslave man.” 3This belief runs throughout the novel; and the main characters all represent this belief. Camus could not have created a better setting for the novel.The story takes place in the desert town of Oran, Algeria, in northern Africa.The city suffers from extremes of weather conditions; in the summer and the heat forces the inhabitants "to spend those days of fire indoors, behind closed shutters." The people much like the shutters are closed off from their neighbors, and usually devote themselves to “cultivating habits” 4 . For the most part everyone in Oran is an ....