Absurdism is the conscious understanding of man of how irrelevant he is in the grand scheme of things This creed of Absurdism gained popularity through the second World War. The rational, empirical and comprehensible were replaced by chaos, ambiguity and confusion as bombs were dropped and hundreds of people were wiped out without a second thought. War shook the ground underneath what used to be concrete truth. This school of thought saw subscribers pouring in as facts weren’t infallible and not every question seemed to have answers. The french resistance against Nazi occupation during the second world war was gaining traction. It is here where Camus was emerging as a writer for the French Resistance Newspaper, Combat. He explored literature and philosophy, scouring the depths of these disciplines to unveil the purpose of existence. “any average city can be wiped out by a bomb the size of a football.” - Albert Camus, The Combat This quote by Camus distinctly points to his awareness of the futility and vulnerability of human life. Camus, an existentialist, modernist writer was greatly influenced by the war. His lacking faith in humanity and belief in its disillusionment was strengthened by the theories he began developing. Some of his famous works are from the genre of philosophical fiction, for instance: The Plague and The Stranger. Some of the most exemplary essays on the subject of the human condition, social rebellion, and the undercurrent of revolution were authored by him. These being The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel. Sisyphus or Sisyphos, the well known greek mythological figure’s infamy was partly because of his general trickery and partly for cheating death twice. The king of Gods Zeus condemned him to eternal punishment of rolling a boulder up a hill in the innominate depths of the underworld (or hell) ruled by Hades. The myth is a lesson of the comeuppance delivered to those who escape karma. The essays by Camus however revolved around Absurdism, the philosophical line of thinking he was committed to. The focal point of these essays isn’t the myth itself but the Absurdist idea it alluded to. This idea runs through the essay in strong undercurrents acting as a nexus for the individual links to the grecian myth.