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The mundanity and gloominess of lockdown would have caused many people to come face to face with the absurd and become very confused and lost. What would accepting and embracing the absurd, and continuing in spite of it look like in present day?
For context, I am a high school student writing an essay for my philosophy class. Apologies if my question is not worded very well, english is not my first language.
One of Camus' most famous works is a novel called The Plague, which is about a disease outbreak. I would suggest taking a look into that, as there are plenty of straightforward comparisons that can be made to the current pandemic, and plenty of resources available for analyzing it from an absurdist perspective.
