Absurdity in The Myth of Sisyphus

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ABSURDITY AND SUICIDE
On the absurdity of suicide, Camus indicates that suicide is a result of a life not worth living. It means that a person is fed up with life and cannot take it anymore, deciding to end their own life. According to Camus, people often live with a sense of purpose and meaning such that individuals do things for a good course. When this sense is deprived, people start seeing themselves as if they have been forced into certain habits like machines or robots. This, in turn, provokes the feeling of absurdity whereby an individual views life as meaningless. Furthermore, Camus relates the sense of absurdity to a feeling of exile. There is usually an assumption that people live for a purpose that makes them feel at home. On the other hand, absurdists often feel like they are strangers to this world with no sense of belonging.
To an extent, Camus’s sentiments make some sense. However, the question which arises is whether life is meaningless relates to life not worth living. The act of suicide translates to a person tired of living a worthless and empty life. Camus further articulates that there are two answers for life being meaningless; life or suicide. He says that those who have found out that life is pointless but have not yet committed suicide are yet to find an answer to absurdity. This might not be true because Camus ignores that many reasons keep people going instead of taking their own lives. In fact, from another viewpoint, those who decide to live despite the numerous challenges and hurdles they face are real heroes. These people have come out to face the reality of life head-on without fear. Life is like a roller coaster, with bad and good times. The tough times are the ones that make us strong enough.
ABSURD WALLS
Camus finds it very difficult to describe the feeling of absurdity and gives various scenarios that might initiate such a feeling. The feeling carries so much weight, thus making it hard to express by words alone. Just like a person might feel generous or jealous, absurdity defines the perspective of individuals and how they view the world. In absurd walls, individuals tend to experience mo...