MICHAEL LACANLALE Existentialism
MICHAEL LACANLALE
Existentialism
Lester
“Both my wife and daughter think I’m this gigantic loser and they’re right, I have lost something. I’m not exactly sure what it is but I know I didn’t always feel this… sedated. But you know what? It’s never too late to get it back.”
Existential Crisis Myth of Sisyphus
Routine – Magazine Writer Angela Hayes
Camus and Sartre Argued that one either embraces life’s meaninglessness
or become depressed. Sartre: Nausea – Meaninglessness unless commitment -
meaning Lester – Workout
Freedom of Choice Happiness before death: “I’m Great”
Carolyn
Opposite in the sense of existentialism Does not recognize her futility in life:
Works to the extreme out of ambition for success: Real Estate Broker
Income Materialism Sales