(This blogging business alarms me. Do not understand).
First off with L'Etat, when reading it I just had Nick's comment in my head of "It's a bit 1984-esque" and it really is, which I found interesting in terms of looking at a totalitarian regime and the lengths to which a people can be controlled. The resonance of "2+2=5" and "nothing is happening, nothing will happen" is striking but on the whole I agree that La Peste is more enjoyable in that the characters can more easily be related to. Whilst the events in the two works are similar the approach in la Peste causes you to be far more involved, and thus more interested in the outcome.
La Chute was thuoght-provoking. You cannot help but think whether when you donate to charity or (not that I have done this) help a blind man across the road, are you doing it solely to benefit the person or to fuel your own sense of self-satisfaction and alleviate any guilt you may harbour? The answer is probably a little of both but it is uncomfortably perceptive and so perhaps not as easy to read as La Peste.
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