Albert Camus said in his book The Myth of Sisyphus that "the absurd had become a widespread sensibility in our times." He also relates life having no meaning at all to atheism. If there is no external meaning, then he believes there is no point in life. If life had no meaning then wouldn't we careless about our future and live for that moment. If life has no meaning then would we be in school trying to receive a quality education? Albert Camus believes that most humans are frightened by the idea of living on earth with no purpose to life. And this allows humans to create a purpose to live.
In our textbook it states a quote from his book, "The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of it own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor." This to me means that when you are asked to conquer something that is impossible for you to accomplish, then it is the worse thing that would happen in your life. This makes you feel like you have failed at what god has asked you to …show more content…
Each and every one of us has our own opinion of life and if it has meaning. We truly can't look up the definition in the dictionary and believe that is what life is. We need to look at our personal situations, as well as experiences to see how it molds our view of what life means. The definition of life from The American College Dictionary states "a corresponding state, existence, or principle of existence conceived as belonging to the soul." This to me means that as long as we have a presence on earth they have life on earth. This definition isn't the only one about life; we create our own meaning which is molded to our