The Guest

In the story, The Guest from Albert Camus’ Exile and the Kingdom, my favorite character would have to be Daru. He was the schoolteacher that helped every child that came to school and even helped the father and brothers with grains. He even mentioned in the story of why he was more happy having little to himself if he was able to help everyone first. Another thing that stood out about Daru was that he was very patient with a prisoner that was staying overnight before being turned in for murder. There was never a time where Daru was rude and angry to the Arab prisoner. Most answers to Balducci were kept short and to the point. Daru was nice to nourish the prisoner while he was staying at the school. Daru offered him tea, food, showed him where to bathe, and even set up a place to sleep. It does not sound too common where a person would treat a murderer so kindly in his home. What was also surprising was how much Daru trusted the Arab prisoner having no need to have a weapon so close for protection. Daru treated this prisoner as if he were any other guest in the school. Treating them how he would like to be treated.