It might make you feel better that when I teach that chapter to my French students, there's invariably at least one student who argues that Sisyphus's supposed happiness is lulling us all into complacency, and Sisyphus should incite a revolution and smash the boulder, or just sit down on the mountainside and refuse to play their silly boulder-pushing games.
Salutary to remember, though, what classics sound like to the normies. So, it's like a poem that you read forever, and you'll never understand it? About a bunch of gods that didn't exist? And when I finish it there's another one to learn? And I'm supposed to do this every day to make my brain swole?
That’s the question, isn’t it? Camus suggests happiness comes from embracing the struggle itself—finding meaning in the act, not the outcome. Maybe Sisyphus hums to himself as he pushes the stone, like quietly playing a lute instrument in his mind, turning repetition into something almost poetic.
I would like to point out that in “The myth of the Sisyphus”, Camus, ends it with the line: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." @ https://philliessgameschedule.com/
I’m with you on wanting my games to do something more than metaphorically say “Neener-neener-neener, you are a wiener!” and blow raspberries at me. So *weird* that I want, like, character growth or the ability to win at stuff sometimes without abandoning my family to do nothing but practice QWOP 20 hours a day or whatever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It might make you feel better that when I teach that chapter to my French students, there's invariably at least one student who argues that Sisyphus's supposed happiness is lulling us all into complacency, and Sisyphus should incite a revolution and smash the boulder, or just sit down on the mountainside and refuse to play their silly boulder-pushing games.
All is not lost!
that actually DOES make me feel better, as many stories about Gen Z do <3
Salutary to remember, though, what classics sound like to the normies. So, it's like a poem that you read forever, and you'll never understand it? About a bunch of gods that didn't exist? And when I finish it there's another one to learn? And I'm supposed to do this every day to make my brain swole?
I fear this is just another Dumb Thing Humans Do.
The flow of this article is excellent. It’s detailed yet easy to follow—perfect for both beginners and experienced readers. https://türkçeyama.com/rdr-2-turkce-yama-indir/
That’s the question, isn’t it? Camus suggests happiness comes from embracing the struggle itself—finding meaning in the act, not the outcome. Maybe Sisyphus hums to himself as he pushes the stone, like quietly playing a lute instrument in his mind, turning repetition into something almost poetic.
https://www.muzikkon.com/pages/renaissance-lute
I would like to point out that in “The myth of the Sisyphus”, Camus, ends it with the line: "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." @ https://philliessgameschedule.com/
I’m with you on wanting my games to do something more than metaphorically say “Neener-neener-neener, you are a wiener!” and blow raspberries at me. So *weird* that I want, like, character growth or the ability to win at stuff sometimes without abandoning my family to do nothing but practice QWOP 20 hours a day or whatever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯