Authentic And Inauthentic Characters In No Exit By Sartre

Tobias Wolff’s short story, “That Room” is a very suspenseful story that has the reader on the edge of their seat while reading it. Suspense and excitement is created through the plot and theme of the story which are both developed through four main literary devices. In the story, the narrator is put into what is potentially a life or death situation and it is at this point that he becomes aware that one is never really in full control of his or her own life. Throughout this literary analysis I will discuss the plot and theme of the story in terms of how Wolff uses setting, tone, characterization, and symbolism to enhance both the theme and the plot.

In The Stranger, Albert Camus describes the life of the protagonist, Meursault, through life changing events. The passage chosen illustrates Meursault’s view during his time in prison for killing the Arab. In prison, one can see the shifts in Meursault’s character and the acceptance of this new lifestyle. Camus manipulates diction to indicate the changes in Meursault caused by time thinking of memories in prison and realization of his pointless life. Because Camus published this book at the beginning of World War II, people at this time period also questions life and death similar to how Meursault does.

Sookan is changing toward being more brave throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when she encounters these situations: Sookan grasps her Grandfathers hand in his dying moments, when Aunt Tiger walks her to the beginning of her academic career, and when she gets very critical of Captain Narita's acrimonious behavior. When Sookan's grandfather is on his deathbed, he requests for Sookan, and her little brother Inchun. When Sookan reaches out comfort her withering grandfather, she feels a moment of peace and absolute calm. She feels as if she can take on the whole world. "As Grandfather enveloped our hands in his, I felt a strange sensation. I felt as though a quiet, but peaceful, little Buddha had slowly crept inside of me."(41) Simply the fact that Sookan can deal with

“The room was dark, except for a faint, yellow light filtering through the bars of the window” (Farmer 29). When one thinks of the word “escape”, rooms like such come to mind. From Matt’s ever-present struggle to free from literal captivity to escaping the confinement of prejudice, the novel’s continuous theme of escapism is displayed in different ways. Including, El Patron’s various attempts to escape death, Felicia’s drug use to get away from reality, and Tam Lin’s flee from guilt and crime.

In the memoir Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi, Sookan changes from being scared and dependent on other people to brave, strong, and an independent figure. This is represented throughout the book in three moments including in the beginning when the Imperial Soldiers came in on Haiwon's birthday celebration and shut it down, towards the middle when Sookan starts going to school, and at the end when Sookan and Inchun get past the barbed-wire fence.

Throughout the play we see that Garcin focus all of his energy on Inez rather than his own wife, he cared about what Inez see him as. However, he didn’t want her to see him as a coward. Like the other prisoners Garcin didn’t feel shame of his crime, however he felt a shame when he confesses his crime to other people. To him and the other prisoners it wasn’t about what he has done, but what others seem him as. When Inez and Estelle find out Garcin’s crime they necessarily passed judgment upon him. He felt shame and guilty, not because of what he has done, but because Inez and Estelle see him in a different perspective, then they did initially at the beaning of the novel. Inez was the only prisoner that understood Garcin weakness. Throughout this play Garcin often called himself a courageous and brave, in order for him to convince himself and more importantly Inez that he wasn’t a coward. However, Jean-Paul Sartre, the author of this play, illustrated Garcin acts in a cowardly manner, therefor he is a coward, regardless of what he claims about his courageous act. According to Garcin, he didn’t give a damn about becoming wealthy and love, the only thing he cared about was for everyone

Sookan changes in many ways and increases her fortitude throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes, when faced with the following situations: Grandfather’s death, the end of the war, and when she and Inchun make it to South Korea. First, when Grandfather dies before the war has ended, everything is looking bad for Sookan. “Grandfather died soon after we left him. He died three days after Haiwon’s birthday; three days after his beloved pine tree was chopped down. I felt like a different person.

Elmire, Mariane’s mother, and their maid Dorine are great examples of enlightened thinkers as they both use reasoned logic and critical thinking to deflect the patriarchy that suppresses them. In their efforts, they become great contributors to the resolution the play’s conflicts. The patriarchal power within society was not only present outside of ones home, but also domestically within the home. Moliere comments on the ideology that the man, who holds the power, also holds the wisdom and intelligence to keep it.

The anti-Semite, the democrat and the Jew; presents their interactions as a kind of imaginary drama. Sartre amplifies how the three make up one another or more exact, how each oddity both defines the others as to how it is define to them. Sartre starts by asserting that the anti-Semite character represents the conservative tendencies of cultural nationalism. He seems to hate innovation and sees the Jews as a symbolism of all that is new and shadowy within society. Said that, the anti-Semite creates himself a Jew that is illustrative of all that he hates. In addition to that, the presence of the Jew (his hatred) produces the anti-Semite and gives him a reason for presence/existence. As Sartre announces that even if the Jew did not exist the

She is unwilling to escape the past and unable to live in the present because the tragic loss that she had to face of her young, beloved husband dying. Taunting him with her disgust at the discovery of his perversion, he committed suicide. Although he committed suicide, Blance helped him in doing so with her rude remarks. She knows that he was the only man that she ever loved and there was no one that could replace him. His passing away was the root to her insecurities.

Sookan changes in many ways throughout the book Year of Impossible Goodbyes when faced with the following situations: Feeling and imagining harsh situations for those she goes against, becoming more caring and thoughtful towards those she loves, and becoming more wise and calm in different situations. First, Sookan has negative thoughts about people that she doesn't like from what they have done to her, even though she learned to not have those thoughts. A quote that shows this is: "I couldn't help thinking how wonderful it would be to kill all those wicked Japanese as the boy had said." (Choi 81). This quote shows she is changing because she wanted to kill the Japanese and mother always taught her to never think like that. She is becoming

The last character that Sartre portrays to show self-deception is Estelle Rigault. To commence, Estelle submits herself into self-deception for the reason that she complies to bad faith. This is shown when Estelle enters the room in hell with the other characters, and is asked why she is in hell. Sartre himself writes, “‘What have you done? I mean, why have they sent you here?’ ‘That’s just it. I haven’t a notion, not the foggiest. In fact, I’m wondering if there hasn’t been some ghastly mistake...Isn’t it better to think we’ve got here by mistake?’” (9). Estelle is perfectly acting in bad faith, for she is lying to herself that she has no knowledge of why she is in hell. She refuses to acknowledge that she is in hell for her actions she made on earth. This is self-deception for she denies any responsibility for the consequences of her action that led her to hell. According to Sartre, every person has consciousness, free will, and one is responsible for one’s own actions. Unfortunately, Estelle keeps failing at overcoming bad faith by being asked yet again, for what act she did to be in hell, later in the play. Sartre writes, “‘Your turn. What have you done?’ ‘As I told you, I haven’t a notion. I rack my brain, but it’s no use.’ ‘Right. Then we’ll give you a hand. That fellow with the smashed face, who was he?’ ‘Who--who do you mean?’ ‘You know quite well’” (15). Estelle keeps deceiving herself that she has no idea what she has done to be put in hell. However, this exposes that she is indeed lying to herself, and others, by hesitating to answer them. Estelle is deeply in self-deception, for the fact that even when it is obvious she has bad faith, she continues to do so anyway. Estelle really knows what she has done to be in hell, but will not take the responsibility for her actions. Not only does she refuse any responsibility for her fate, but also continues to deny free will. For instance, Sartre agrees when he writes, “‘I lost my parents when I was a kid, and I had my young brother to bring up. We were terribly poor and when an old friend of my people asked me to marry him I said yes. He was very well off...My brother was a very delicate child and needed all sorts of attention, so really that was the right

According to Sartre, the anti-Semites are mostly the middle classes, who have no power or lands and thus it differentiates themselves from the Jews, who usually have more power and lands. Thus, the anti-Semites express their hate for the Jews and see them as thieves who are taking away all the money and power from the anti-Semites. By doing so, the anti-Semites give themselves a feeling of ownership to the things they have always desire. In fact, it seems that they choose to do this to forget about their own condition and make themselves feel better as now they have more power than those they discriminate or fight against. In conclusion, Sartre believes that by holding hatred toward the Jews, the anti-Semites have given themselves the excitement

The opening lines of the play describe the very claustrophobic setting ‘hedged on right and left by tall closely planted poplars’, this immediately sets the scene as being closed and private with the audience being

Sartre’s The Wall is a very intriguing, yet narrow illustration of the Spanish Civil War. The plot of the story is about the last night of 3 prisoners awaiting their death sentence. The short story does not focus on the details of the War, instead it deeply examines the most fundament element and result of the War: death. Consequently, Sartre’s critique of the nature of the universe and nature of man is viewed through the lens of one who is anticipating death. In The Wall Sartre makes an indirect comment about happiness by depicting the void of happiness that can reside in the anticipation of death. Despite deaths interconnection with the nature of the universe and life, Sartre most direct comment on the basic philosophical –religious questions of life is concerning human nature. Thus, I will begin this preview by analyzing Sartre’s discussion on the nature of man, followed by his comments on the universe in relation to the nature of man. I will conclude by analyzing his inverted critique on happiness.