Words

              Words are among the only ways humans can communicate what they feel, think or believe. Words can be combined with other words, made into sentences, yet sometimes it can be impossible to put these exact thoughts into words. Camus makes countless references to these instances in which people are at a loss of words. The characters are not necessarily at a loss of words due to an event or an object, they are just uninspired and trying to hard.A conversation between Dr.Rieux and Richard about the importance of the word for what was going on in the town. What was peculiar was Dr. Rieux acknowledgement of the word plague, yet his ambivalence to the significance of its naming. It seems that the inhabitants of Oran find comfort in words, control, even.
            The aspiring writer, Grand, was supposedly working on his book, yet how could not seem to find words to fill up his page. This might be due to the fact that he was trying so hard to write, and not just to write, but to write something that sells. When people are so fixated on an outcome, they sometimes lose sight of how to get there and fail. Things like this must flow, and having a hidden agenda disrupts this flow, no matter who knows about it. People trying to write, send telegraphs, could not. They were also at a loss for words. Words. Words. Words.