Whether or not one is an existentialist, absurdities occur in everyone's lives. It is an inevitable thing that many people don't even realize they have. Absurdness is a part of our daily lives. Although the world does not offer us any stability, safety, or explanations, we continue to seek these comforts from external sources. In my life alone I have observed many examples of the absurd. These absurdities can be found in relationships, schoolwork, and competitions.
             Relationships generally tend to possess the most absurdities. More specifically, sibling rivalries are the most common. How many times is someone heard saying, "Oh, how I hate my brother/sister!"? Even I have said that. My brother is five years older than me, and we usually get along fairly well, but sometimes we can do things that totally irk each other. This happened especially when we were younger. Out of sheer annoyance, one of us would say we hate the other, and a mad frenzy would ensue. However, it is really not true that we hate each other. In fact, we love each other deeply. We would definitely mind very much if one of us was suddenly taken away, and neither of us can imagine life without each other.
             Another facet of life in which absurdities can be found is in schoolwork. On interpretive tests, sometimes the most profound essays will receive low scores, just because the interpretation presented is not the one the teacher was looking for. Then again, sometimes the purest BS will take the highest grades. Even though it may make absolutely no sense at all, it is so eloquently written that its lack of meaning is overlooked. I have been on both ends of both of these tactics. Also, I have observed that some students are able to cruise breezily through school doing barely any work at all. The most amount of work they do is probably cramming for an AP test. They manage to do a half-witted job on their essays, homework, and tests, yet they still ea...