In the Myth of Sisyphus, Camus essentially argues that Sisyphus is happiest when he gives up hope that he will succeed in getting the rock to the top of the mountain without it falling. While the idea that there should be no hope may seem very pessimistic at first, it has a good amount of truth to it. If you hope for things and hope that you don’t experience pain then you will only be sad and disappointed when your hopes aren’t fulfilled. As sad as it is, pain and suffering are inescapable in life. Without it there would be very few of the social constructs like justice systems that have been created in the hopes of minimizing pain and suffering.
If one comes to accept pain and doesn’t hope for a perfect life or doesn't hope to have a big house or a lot of money, then they won’t be upset when things don’t necessarily go their way because they were ready for it. This allow people to appreciate the smaller things because they aren’t expecting more. It also makes it so that pain isn’t as negative of an experience because they expect it which makes those people happier overall.
I agree with your take on Camus´article about Sisyphus. However,it is depressing to think that people have to cope with their bad circumstances rather than work to change them.
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