Am studying La Peste by Albert Camus as part of my french alevel and was wondering......?

Question

....which character people considered to be the hero of the book, thanks for all your help x

Answer 1

If you are searching for Camus's hero is has to be Sisyphus.
/a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to forever repeat the same meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain, only to see it roll down again/
His situation was only comparable with the absurdity of man's life.

In The Plague Rieux has the same lifestyle and beliefs: "The struggle itself is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy." He has to be the main character.
Above all: it's Rieux's story. He is telling it you /fictionally/...

Answer 2

The Plague a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947 as La Peste. The work is an allegorical account of the determined fight against an epidemic in the town of Oran, Algeria, by characters who embody the determined assertion of human dignity and fraternity. Written while Camus was trapped in France during the German occupation, the story is shaped by both his involvement in the Resistance movement and his involuntary separation from his wife.
Dr. Rieux, the narrator (hero of the book), is both an objective recorder of the townspeople's suffering and an active participant in the struggle to overcome the disease. The novel opens with chilling scenes of dead rats being carted away in truckloads and Dr. Rieux' observations of the first few cases of the plague. Eventually the town is cut off from any contact with the rest of the world. Although Dr. Rieux recognizes that they are bound to lose the battle, he nevertheless organizes hospitals and sanitation teams, doing what he can to help the sick. He is aided by Tarrou, who believes in "sanctity without God," and the meek clerk Grand. Father Paneloux, a Jesuit priest, preaches that the plague is God's retribution for human evil; when he sees an innocent young boy die painfully, his religious conviction is shaken and he dies himself, submitting to God's will. The differences between Dr. Rieux and Father Paneloux form the central philosophical conflict of the novel. While Father Paneloux believes that only God holds the answer to the senseless misery, Dr. Rieux (and Camus) feel that it is the collective responsibility of human beings to fight against a common enemy. Dr. Rieux represents the revolt of the ordinary man.