The Plague Truth Quotes Page 3
Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph). We used Stuart Gilbert's translation.
| Quote #7 Rieux replied that these conditions were not good. But, before he said any more, he wanted to know if the journalist would be allowed to tell the truth. (1.2.44) |
Here is yet another hint that Rieux is the narrator; they share the same obsession for journalistic truth.
| Quote #8 He had put the question solely to find out if Rambert could or couldn’t state the facts without paltering with the truth. |
Rambert mocks Rieux’s passion for objectivity and truth as idealistic.
| Quote #9 To tell the truth, he was rather perturbed; did the doctor think it meant anything serious? Rieux couldn’t give a definite opinion. (1.2.67) |
Rieux is always ready to admit when he doesn’t know something. The narrator eventually says that the worst kind of ignorance is that of a man who thinks he knows everything and is therefore closed to learning. This, at least, is one vice Rieux could never be accused of.
