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A 7 page analysis of The Plague by Albert Camus and Night by Elie Wiesel. At first glance, these two works appear to be very dissimilar; however, the writer argues that they actually have quite a few points in common. Wiesel's book concerns the Holocaust and Camus' work appear to be about a plague hitting the French town of Oran. However, Camus' work is intended to be read as an allegory and this story, also, deals with the ravages committed against the human soul by Nazism. No additional sources cited.
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the French town of Oran. However, Camus work is intended to be read as an allegory and this story, also, deals with the ravages committed against the human soul
by Nazism. A closer examination of the two works reveal that there are actually very similar. The outward form of The Plague is a chronicle, which is a journal
of an event as it occurs on a day to day basis or by time period. This sort of recording of a historical event differs markedly from a traditional
history in that it is usually written contemporaneously with the events that are described or narrated. In real life, chronicles are the raw material out of which scholarly histories are
made. The historian, have gained the perspective of time, on the event has the discernment to select, separate, and connect various elements of the chronicle into a meaningful pattern.
However, the chronicler lacks his perspective and, theoretically, has no mean by which he can judge the relative important of events as they occur. In calling his novel a "chronicle"
Camus obviously wishes to preserve the fa?ade that the work is being recorded contemporaneously with the events in the story. While Wiesels Night is not specifically referred to as
a chronicle, the narration has a similar "feel" to that of Camus. The narrator is never overtly named and the reader experiences the world strictly through his eyes. This form
gives both of these works a feeling of immediacy that adds greatly to their emotional impact. The peaceful and unprepared town of Oran is overcome by the plague just
as the peace and unprepared country of France was overcome by Nazism. Just as the plague imposed by the Nazis cut off France from the rest of the world, so
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