... it fall back down. Then roll it up again, etc. Camus was using this example to portray the futility and absurdness of human nature. All semester we have explored the themes of isolation, the nature of man, the nature of his existence and the choices we face as a society and as an individual. All of these ... themes can be found in the modern day film "Groundhog Day". When Phil is first confronted by his unusual situation, his instinct is to get angry and frustrated, which alienates those ... end this semester, if only for one flaw. The end of the story finds Phil waking up on February...

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... , that question is an abstraction except in the context of being aware of losing some of the joys of life, or life itself. The scenes alternate between clarifying the main themes in the context of the physical plague and the emotional plague. Religion is used as a bridge between the two, raising the fundamental question about what God's purpose is in unleashing ... the suffering also suffer, from the huge workloads, the sense of futility, and the fear that they too will be next. Camus does a nice job of pointing out that these themes also recur in everyday life. We just don't see them ve...

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