A section of this essay compares the actor to the writer, saying a writer has hope even if not appreciated, but actors either succeed or do not succeed. One concept in this essay is illustrated by a man inaudibly talking on the telephone behind a glass partition. This essay states that a man with a certain property “gives proof of his only truth, which is defiance.” Literary references in this essay include an appendix about the “hope” that remains in the work of (*) Franz Kafka, and an analysis of the novel The Possessed (10[1])as an “absurd creation.” This essay states that the “one truly serious philosophical (10[1])problem” is suicide. This essay’s conclusion describes a “struggle towards the heights” and concludes that “one must imagine (10[1])[its title character] happy”. For 10 points, a figure of Greek mythology titles what book-length essay by Albert Camus? ■END■