Conflict

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Like Daru Balducci is very loyal, but this loyalty often pushes aside his good judgment.
Balducci's characteristics are introduced through his reactions to adverse conditions . Camus illustrates Balducci as a loyal yet cowardly man, who's work often interferes with his morals. "Balducci painfully got down from his horse without letting go of the rope". (pg 48) Although Balducci realizes that tying a rope around a man is against his morals he attempts to ignore his conscience. "I don't like it either. You don't get used to putting a rope on a man even after years of it and your even ashamed-yes, ashamed. But you can't let them have their way". (pg 51) Camus portrays a faint-hearted man who is afraid to admit that the ethics he lives by could be unjust. Although the Arab may not be guilty of treason Balducci is willing to execute him on the grounds that he could be a traitor. "Is he against us?" "I don't think so but you can never be sure". (pg 50) The French colonies ...

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