Ciuma

“The only way to fight the plague is with common decency.”

Rieux stays with the sick because it's his job. He doesn't act like a hero. He just keeps showing up every single day.

The gates of Oran closing felt so sudden. It reminds me how fast a normal life can just vanish. We take our freedom for granted until the locks click.

Grand spends the whole crisis trying to write one perfect sentence. It seems silly at first. Then you realize he's just trying to hold onto beauty while everything dies.

Paneloux starts by saying the plague is a punishment. Then he watches a child suffer. His second sermon sounds much more like a broken man.