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In a one page typed response, please address the following questions as a means to better express your understanding of the Sisyphus myth, and the Camus essay we read, in connection with your life as it is today. This response is due at the end of the period/or by the start of class tomorrow. Feel free to be as philosophical as possible…channel the Camus in you.


 * What insight do you gain from the Sisyphus myth (from any of the versions)
 * What insight do you gain from Camus’ essay about our lives?
 * Use text from the essays to drive your response. The following are some ideas from the Camus essay that you may use in your response.

The absurd hero. The absurd victory. This is the price that must be paid for the passions of this earth. A face that toils so close to stone is already stone itself! That is the hour of consciousness. He is superior to his fate. He is stronger than his rock. But it is tragic only at the rare moment when it becomes conscious. Crushing truths perish from being acknowledged. But from that moment, he knows; his tragedy begins. I conclude that all is well. Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. It makes of fate a human matter, which must be settled among men. There is no sun without the shadow, and it is essential to know the night. He knows himself to be the master of his days. One always finds one burden again. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.