The Myth Of Sisyphus Essay

In "The Myth of Sisyphus" Camus illuminates the concept of the absurdity of life. He explains that the human condition is characterized by the probability of suffering and the certainty of death. This is a fate that the reason of being cannot accept as meaningful. The absurd is observed with the realization that the world is irrational, and man has to face life the way it comes. Man feels his longing for happiness, within him, and for a reason. The absurd is born of the confrontation between the human need, and the unreasonable silence man finds in the world (Freeman, 1).
In the same way and during our daily unillustrious experiences of life, time carries us. But at times, need arises and the human being has to carry time. The human lives on future of what is to happen after making one's life. One has to struggle hard to ensure he makes both ends meet using the available resources around. These entire efforts can at times appear to be irrelevant and losing sense because, after all, these struggles, death is a fact that cannot be controlled by any individual. A man situates himself simultaneously in relation to time taking his place in it and gives in that he stands at some point on a curve that he acknowledges having to travel to its end. Time owns the man, and by the horror that seizes him, he comes to know his worst enemy (Freeman, …show more content…
At some time, life may seem to reject an individual despite the struggles made. Rick is worried about Shane, whom he considers lacking respect, and all he fears is about the loss of humanity that may come to him. Shane on the other hand "believes that Rick is weak, that he is stuck in the past, and that he will get Carl and Lori killed." All these happen in season one of the TV show and are closely related to the theories of Camus about the absurdity of life (Budtz-Jorgenson,