Go Fight Win Absurdism

Albert Camus, a famous French philosopher, journalist, and author of renowned novel “The Myth of Sisyphus,” is widely known for emphasizing that the philosophy of absurdity should be embraced rather than frowned upon. In literature, absurdity attempts to get a glimpse into elements of the world that do not make sense. It portrays how humans experience isolation and alienation as a result of their strange behaviors and actions. It has a lack of realism, consistency, and logic, but is still able to depict the sadness and anguish humans feel. Kevin Wilson, incorporates controversial events that most readers would consider strange in his collection of short stories called “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth.” Many of the characters, like Penny from “Go, Fight, Win” and Leonard from “Blowing up on the Spot,” have absurdist views. By creating characters like Penny and …show more content…
In “Go Fight Win,” Penny’s parents’ recent divorce is causing her to feel unnoticed. Although she joins the cheerleading squad and accepts offers from her team mates to hang out with them, she only does this to please her mom rather than to get her attention. In many separated family cases, the children are dramatically and potentially negatively affected by only having the attention of one parent at a time. They tend to have bad behavior at school to get the parents pay attention to them. They also tend to crave attention at school peer wise by becoming popular. However, Penny would still rather enjoy the company of her model cars. She also enjoys the company of a twelve-year-old boy, who is an odd-ball like her, which is likely one of the reasons they get along so well. However, instead of just being friends, Penny and the boy end up having a romantic relationship, which gets them both hurt. Though this is not an impossible situation it is very