Camus argues that the absurd hero sees life as a constant struggle, without hope. Any attempt to deny or avoid the struggle and the hopelessness that define our lives is an attempt to escape from this absurd contradiction. Camus's single requirement for the absurd man is that he lives with full awareness of the absurdity of his position. Camus offers three solutions of revolt, liberty, and passion. However, these solutions are vacant for a number of reasons. Taking a leap of faith may seem childish to Camus, but who is he to discredit a theory when he too, has no proof that God doesn't exist.
             The first of the true solutions Camus presents us with is revolt. He claims that there is no hope and that we need to struggle within ourselves to realize this. He says that we should not make up hopes about how meaning in life can be achieved. The problem with this solution is that it leads to a life of bitterness and contempt. I cannot totally dispute Camus's idea that life is meaningless. However, the human mind is not equipped to be able to handle being completely insignificant. Therefore, it is incorrect to suggest that we should be outraged over all that makes life meaningless. If we acknowledge that life is meaningless, a revolt will be impossible. Realistically, people would just sit in bed all day long and not want to do anything at all. No human being is going to make the effort to struggle when we know there is no way of winning. Even if our hope is false, we need it to survive as a species. Camus overlooks the fact that hope is a need and believes that humans are more capable than they truly are.
             The second of the solutions is liberty. Camus argues that not caring about ourselves will make us free to do anything. By realizing our own unimportance and by not caring about ourselves so much it will make us free to dispose of our life in whatever way we want to. The problem with this solution is that if ...