IOP Journal #3

I think that often times absurdist philosophy is put in a negative light. It is thought as depressing and hopeless, but my goal is to show the positive aspects of it. I want to show the absurd as not a depressing and gloomy philosophy but as an invitation to happieness and contentment in life.
The key concept lies in the question of what Sysphys is feeling after he has completed his meaningless task, and is watching the boulder fall back to the ground. Is he regreting his past mistakes and dreading his current situation? Camus would beg to differ. Sysphus could not be happier and more content. He has nothing else to worry about, and has accepted his life. When there is no longer any hope, Sysphys can be happy. He only has this life, so he must live it to its full potential.
Mersault is almost a mirror image of Sysphys. He is also put into this extreme situation, and is forced to deal with being stripped of no hope. Mersault also accepts this, and finds happieness. His reasoning, when he knows his execution is imminent, is that it is the very fininiteness of live that makes it so valuble. When faced with the absurd, Mersault finds happieness and contentment as does Sysphus. It is in theses extreme examples that the philosophy can shine through, and the extreme conditions that help Camus prove his point.