Is it called human condition or Sisyphus?

As Camus made Sisyphus’s condition from his punishment contradict and compare to the condition of a human, I agree over the implied conclusions Camus made over the human condition within his argument.  Humans go throughout their lives working vigorously while struggling pointlessly to achieve something as they visualize a version of success that a specific individual aspires to obtain.  Many humans set goals that all in all have value in order to seek benefits in life, bringing individual success.  Sisyphus being forced to attempt to push a stone to the top of a mountain has no value if he were or weren’t to complete the task as the stone would stay on the mountain for eternity.  This compares a human condition we tend to call failure, as there are times humans work vigorously towards success but aren’t completely accomplished.  Sometimes the struggle in order to get to success doesn’t pertain towards anything significant within life making the struggle humans go through pointless.  This human condition is what makes a human or Sisyphus’s life absurd as the confrontation we have between ourselves as individuals who strive for success is absurd compared to the struggle and hardship we withstand to grow closer to success even when the success is completely meaningless.  All in all, I agree with the reading of the myth and the conclusions implied about the human condition as Sisyphus is struggling to a point where it’s pointless just as humans do when they set goals, making Sisyphus an exemplar to the human condition.

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