Essay,
Albert Camus, who said something like, “nobody realizes that people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
How do you interpret that quote? Why do you think I showed you that quote?
At the conclusion of Wednesday’s lecture, I showed the class a quote by the writer, Albert Camus, who said something like, “nobody realizes that people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
How do you interpret that quote? Why do you think I showed you that quote?
When you write up your response, please reference lecture material and Durkheim’s reading “What Makes Sociology Different.”
Your response must be between 600-700 words.
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Nobody realizes that people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. That is a famous quote by Albert Camus. When I first read the quote the first thing I thought about is how most people have a phony sense of identity. So that we can understand each other better, we have to see the background of it all. The quote develops a sense of ignorance where we have a deluded sense of something, and that is being unique. It is as a result of ignorance. Thus, we seek normal comfort zones that make us loose our identity. In the process of losing our identity as a result of wanting to be normal, we end up losing our mind in a way that leads to mental illness.
(680 words)