Discuss how individuals aswell as communities respond in The Plague and Nemesis.

ENG 38201 Assignment #2 DUE: You must write ONE essay of approximately five toseven (5-7) pages. In addition, you must respond to thequote prompts from Candide.***The papers should be delivered via an attachment to an email to: and should be in 12 or 14 point type, doublespaced. Please indicate which prompt you are responding to by puttingthe number before the essay.No research is required, but if you do consult scholarly literary criticism, besure to provide the source and to give credit in an in-text citation (inparenthesis).***Use the texts (authors’ words) to support your analysis.The Plague/Nemesis(Choose One)1. Camus and Roth place special emphasis on the role of thenarrator. In The Plague, there are two narrators (Dr. BernardRieux and Jean Tarrou) who present the events as theyunfolded in Oran. In Nemesis, the narrator is ArtieMesnikoff who tells the story based on his talks with BuckyCantor. Compare and Contrast the role of the narratorsand how Camus and Roth use them. Why are the narratorsnot immediately revealed? How do the narrators’ points ofview “influence” your reaction to the novels? Are thenarrators objective reporters?2. Compare and Contrast the protagonists of The Plagueand Nemesis: Dr. Bernard Rieux and Bucky Cantor.Among the topics to discuss are personal responsibility, guilt,[OVER]sacrifice, faith, and love. Think about how these charactersreflect the authors’ themes and thoughts about howindividuals respond to “bad times.”3. Compare and Contrast how Camus and Roth depictpeople’s reactions to “plague.” Discuss how individuals aswell as communities respond in The Plague and Nemesis.Consider the impact of isolation, separation from loved ones,fear, loss, personal and communal responsibility, governmentresponse, and uncertainty. Also, compare/contrast thereaction of individuals and communities/governments to thepandemic of 2020 to the behavior of those in these novels.4. For Camus and Roth, the theme of love, including romanticlove, is central to their stories. Both protagonists strugglewith separation from their romantic partners (Rieux from hissick wife; Bucky from his girlfriend) as well as their feelingsfor their communities, and this has a profound influence onhow they respond to their situations. Dr. Rieux says: “Fornothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what oneloves.” Camus writes: “A loveless world is a dead world.”He adds near the conclusion: “They knew now that if there isone thing one can always yearn for and sometimes attain, it ishuman love.”Discuss the theme of “love” as it is depicted in The Plagueand Nemesis and how it applies to other works on ourreading list (e.g., “Pale Horse, Pale Rider, Angels inAmerica). Also, consider how hope is related to love, andhow these human emotions have impacted you or othersduring the 2020 pandemic.PLAGIARISM WILL RESULT IN FAILURE[OVER]CandideBriefly (one or two paragraphs) identify each quote and place it in thecontext of the novel. Be specific and explain the “significance” of thequote in terms of Voltaire’s characters, themes, and/or literary method.If the quote is not the narrator’s, identify the character who speaks theline.For example, if the quote was: “To be or not to be…” you might state that itis Hamlet speaking in a soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet where the titlecharacter is deciding whether to take action to avenge his father’s murder. Itdemonstrates both Hamlet’s thoughtfulness and his doubts after speaking tothe ghost of his father. The line also reveals …***Number your replies:1. “He proved admirably that in this best of all possible worlds …everything is necessarily for the best purpose.” (Who is “He” andwhat ideas does he represent?)2. “…a youth endowed by nature with the gentlest of characters. Hissoul was revealed in his face. He combined rather sound judgmentwith great simplicity of mind…” (Who is this “youth”?)3. “… we must cultivate our garden.”