Confronted with World War II, Cold War, and McCarthy Time, many Americans feel perplexed at the life and the future, and they begin to believe that the world is absurd.

• 从二战到冷战，再到麦卡锡时期，一系列的社会现实使得不少美国人对人类的处境和未来感到困惑, 许多人都认为人类存在本身就是荒诞的。