Thursday, October 11, 2018

Is there really a point in continuing our lives?


In Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, he argues about the point in continuing out lives. According to the myth Sisyphus was punished by the gods and therefore had to push a rock up the mountain, only to have it roll back down on him again. He compared this story with the lives that we are facing in this universe. We live our lives where we wake up, go to work or school, then head home, and repeat the process over and over again until we die. Camus questions whether there really is a point in which we live our lives if we continue working forever.

I disagree with Camus' opinion on how there may not be a point in us living our lives due to the fact that we will just repeat the same process over and over without finding happiness. We have a purpose for working: money. Unlike Sisyphus, we work in order to not only survive, but in order to earn money so that we can spend it on happiness. Although many may disagree, I believe that money does buy happiness. We work with the motivation that we are going to get compensated for it. We go to school in order to do well and have a successful career in the future. We have motivations and purpose for life because that is how we find happiness.

Happiness should also not come solely from the compensation of your work. It should also come from the work, itself. When people say "Do what makes you happy", it means that you should find a job that you enjoy. You should study what you are interested in. You should not have a job solely because of money. In Camus' theory, he should take account of the differences between the myth and the reality.

2 comments:

  1. I think your take on money buying happiness is interesting. I've never really thought about it the way that you explained, and I definitely see your point in the idea that we work to get compensated in some form for that work.

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  2. I think your take on money and happiness is really interesting as well. You explained your point really well and I've never really thought about how closely connected they are, it really opened up my view.

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