Albert Camus The Plague

In the 1947 novel, The Plague, Albert Camus presents his story in third person limited omniscient. One example of this point of view is, “That evening, when Dr. Rieux was standing in the entrance, feeling for the latch-key in his pocket before starting up the stairs to his apartment, he saw a big rat coming toward him from the dark end of the passage” (Camus 8). This point of view helps reveal the facts rather than the subjectivity of the characters. The reason for this because the narrator wants to give the reader an objective account. If the story were in a different point of view, such as first person, the reader would not get all of the facts. The narrator would choose what facts he wants to tell the reader so that the reader develops an