Rambert

This last section of Part Two really focuses on Rambert’s escape attempts. He has finally, given up on trying to get out of Oran by legitimate means and resorts to the criminal underworld to find a way out. Cottard who has gotten involved in smuggling operations has become affiliated with certain people of specific skill sets, which he introduced Rambert to after overhearing that Rambert is trying to leave Oran.  On this point I agree with Lauren that no one wishes to undertake the task of smuggling a person out of Oran, for the very reason of jeopardizing the rest of the world because of one person’s selfish desires to get out. From Cottard to Garcia to Raoul to Gonzales to Marcel and Louis, it seems like they are all just passing Rambert around until someone decides to take on the task because in the end if Rambert were caught no one wants to be to blame for the resulting chaos. In the end of it all even though Marcel and Louis say they are willing to smuggle Rambert out, they miss their meeting and the whole thing is a bust leaving Rambert to start looking for a means of escape once again. This never ending search for a means of escape shows how selfish Rambert truly is, only thinking of himself and his desire to get out of the city without even once stopping to take into consideration the millions of lives he would be putting at risk.