The Plague Language and Communication Quotes Page 5
Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph). We used Stuart Gilbert's translation.
| Quote #13 And lastly—this was the real trouble—Joseph Grand couldn’t find his words. |
The narrator identifies Grand’s inability to communicate as the source of all his troubles in life – his poverty, his stagnant lifestyle, his wife having left him, and his general passivity.
| Quote #14 "The question," old Castel cut in almost rudely, "is to know whether it’s plague or not." (1.7.11) |
Castel thinks that knowing the word will make things different. Silly rabbit.
| Quote #15 "It has small importance whether you call it plague or some rare kind of fever. The important thing is to prevent its killing of half the population of this town." (1.7.17) |
Rieux realizes that actions matter, not words.
