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Father Paneloux is formally integrated in the novel at this point,  he seems cool, calm and collected while delivering his sermon. The people of Oran made time in their routines to be indifferent to religion and Fater Paneloux seizes the opportunity to "guilt-trip" them all into becoming believers. First of all, he addresses the people of Oran separate to himself, telling them that they brought this plague upon themselves and that it was because of their need of success and disregard of God that all of these people were dying.  It seems to be that he feels as if the plague is not his business, as if he has nothing to worry about since the plague is the other’s problem. Furthermore, it is clear that the people of Oran have either bought on to the belief that it is their fault and they must prey, or they just ran out of things to do, so they might as well just prey. Regardless of the reason, the people of Oran have in fact changed their routine, and a more human side of the population is starting to emerge. More interaction is visible and Albert Camus, for some reason, is making the notion of the people of Oran as an impersonal mass less and less prevalent. Individuals are starting to matter more. In reality at this point it hard to differentiate if this novel is just a novel to entertain, or a recount of a series of radical events done to convey a sort of social commentary.