Above: Picture of the poisonous truth of the toxic baths. Below: Toxic water of the baths.

I just started reading An Enemy of the People, and it's very useful that the beginning introduces all of the characters and states the setting. I found it helpful knowing who some of the characters were. The first act had a very detailed description of the scene in the play. The play is a very different layout than all the books I have every read; every character's name is written before their speech. There was a lot of characters introduced from the beginning. Billing, Mrs. Stockmann, Peter Stockmann, Hovstad, Captain Horster, and Dr. Stockmann were all presented quickly after the book was started. It seems that Dr. Stockmann's house is where all the important people come to discuss things. The men had long talks about their community going into detail about the infected baths. I wonder what Dr. Stockmann will do to solve this problem.