What is the theme in The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus?

"The Myth of Sisyphus" begins by asking the question: Should one commit suicide? The question presents itself on the background of the meaninglessness of life. It would seem that if one concludes that life is without meaning that life is also not worth living and, therefore, that suicide is the only logical choice. Camus, however, maintains that life is meaningless but rejects that suicide follows logically from it. Rather, he argues, the man who was accepted the absurdity of existence takes great joy in the experiences that this life gives to him. The absurd principles lead one to a perpetual revolt against any attempt to understand or give meaning to it, and that revolt is continued in every experience one has. Therefore, far from suggesting suicide, the absurd man avoids death by any means, since death means the end of his existence and therefore also the end of his experience and revolt.