Absurd

In Marrying Absurd, an essay from Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion throws Las Vegas and its ludicrous notions of marriage and propriety into sharp relief. From a historical context, the views which Didion expresses in this short essay can seem quite different than what can be inferred at first glance equipped with nothing but a basic understanding of the essay. By taking the place of society’s views at the time, Didion characterizes the Las Vegas wedding scene as childish in the extreme.…

Historic Site 24). This rule was absurd because white children school had better adv advantages and it took many years for a colored person to be in a white school. Then when a colored kid would end up in the white schools, parents were upset and started protests and it sometimes got violent. Lastly, the promotions of equality. This law was no publication between white and colored so whites published stories about white and vice versa (Edmonds 18). This law was very absurd because in my…

Absurd Emotions To answer the question of what the meaning of life is, one must first answer the question of whether life matters at all. Albert Camus toys with these questions in his novella “The Stranger” and pulls the strings of the heart and mind. In the aforementioned novella, Meursault, a universally apathetic observer and also the protagonist, is put on trial for the inscrutable murder of another man. Rather than focusing on the crime, the prosecution focuses on Meursault’s character.…

In the film, Life is Beautiful, director Roberto Benigni showcases the absurd nature of racial vilification through the anti-Semitic belief and actions of the Fascists. By employing cinematic techniques and stylistic features, man’s inhumanity is made explicit through the dehumanising effects of war on innocent lives. Despite inhumane conditions being present amongst humanity, through the protagonist Guido Orefice, Benigni highlights that such horrendous suffering also has the power to elicit…

In the titillating New York Times Article, “Our Absurd Fear of Fat,” the author, Paul Campos, describe how the obesity epidemic is being exploited for fiscal gain; despite, very little scientific evidence supporting weight loss as a path to longevity. In contrast, the article, written for the layman, examines how healthy weight truly affects morality. The shocking results leads to claims that the weight loss industry is built entirely on a foundation of pseudoscientific lies. The data that…

Inside Albert Camus’s The Stranger, Camus portrays Meursault as an absurd hero. Meursault was attached to the physical world, and he was different from a normal individual. Meursault would have a direct impact from the “shimmering heat” (17) of the sun, which ultimately caused him to “squeeze his hand around [his] revolver” (59) and kill an Arab. As a result, Meursault had to live in jail, and he had to change his routine. He would spend “sixteen to eighteen hours a day” (79) sleeping, and his…

War II, does not depict the same downfall seen in All Quiet on the Western Front, presenting instead an absurd world which is run by an ineffective bureaucracy and full of paradoxical rules and situations. The ridiculous characters Heller creates best convey this sense of meaningless existence. Many of the high-ranking officials within the novel, especially Colonel Cathcart, are particularly absurd. Not only does Cathcart periodically raise the number of required missions as if the war is a…

President John F Kennedy’s speech on the hike of steel prices tell of the steel tycoons absurd selfishness in a time when selflessness is necessary from every citizen, and how they will only hurt America by raising steel prices as steel gets cheaper to manufacture. Kennedy’s purpose is to get the people fired up over these steel tycoons’ being irresponsible with their power. He adopts an angry and even disappointed tone as he tells of this, and uses very charged words to convey his meaning. In…

Edward Humes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, wrote “The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life” in April of 2016 for The Atlantic. In the article he outlined the cost of Americas e reliance on the outdated and overused fume spewing automobiles. In doing so Humes does not deny the fact that cars are convenient, in reality he embarrasses their conveniences as the main reasons that they are so relevant. On the other hand, Humes criticizes the outdated nature of the automobile blaming…

“Comment: Absurd Decision on Obama Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize,” which appeared in the London Times and Tom Toles, the creator of the cartoon “Heavy Medal,” which was published in The Washington Post. They feel as though the award was awarded unfairly and unjustly. In both of their pieces, they use valid arguments to impact the reader’s thoughts on the whole ordeal. Michael Binyon’s view on the event is prevalent even in his title. By saying that the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s…