Well, fine, but. He gets lumped into existentialism whether he liked the term or not. And, yes, Nazis and the resistance. But there’s also Rieux’s struggle as a

Well, fine, but. He gets lumped into existentialism whether he liked the term or not. And, yes, Nazis and the resistance. But there’s also Rieux’s struggle as an individual to confront the plague, ie the meaningless of existence and death, and define his existence.