Rambert's Responsibilities
I found it interesting that Rambert was one of the few characters that acted (or at least, wanted to act) in his own self-interest over acting for the good of the community. I suppose that he could have been the outlier because he was not really a part of the communiuty at all compared to most of the other characters who lived there and had some sort of emotional tie to the wellbeing of the people there. But I was quite surprised that other characters (especially Rieux, who also has a wife outside of Oran), didn't really empathize with Rambert as much as I would have expected. I'd have thought, that in a life or death situation such as a plague, people would understand if someone would prioritize their own hapiness and life over other people's. Of course, there is much more at stake here than just the lives of the town's citizens, and Rambert risked getting the plague out and spreading the epidemic, I totally understand that - but I feel as if, being in the situation ...