Existentialism

always have a choice. He believed that life is taking responsibility to find answers to your problems. How you react to your problems is always up to you. Finally Sartre also believed that man has an active roll in his own destiny. Sartre wrote Existentialism is a Humanism, and in his book he addresses his belief that being in itself has no meaning we must assign a meaning to it. His belief in

to transcribe the accomplishments of one person onto another because in doing so, it assumes that all people are the same and confines them into the definition of others, not what they define themselves as. However, existentialism is a form of humanism in the sense that existentialism promotes the concept of abandonment, that each person is left to their own devices and must decide who and what they are. Additionally, each person creates their own value by looking outside one’s self, and constantly

tries to facilitate explanation by changing the terms of the discussion from sexual to nonsexual concepts. As a philosophy which, above all, highlights those features of human existence which seem most resistant to explanation, one would expect existentialism to highlight sexuality as a category that is crucial for considering human existence. Descartes comes immediately to mind when one focuses on Sartre's major categories. In Sartre's case however, it is not mind and matter but consciousness and

Reading The Trial can be a confusing and frustrating task but that is because it is supposed to be. Stories usually start out with an introduction and it slowly introduces you to characters, setting, and then the conflict. This was what was expected in the very beginning of opening Kafka because of the unawareness of how unconventional and thought provoking this author proved to be. This is an author that takes what you know from the world and twists it into dark dreams that emphasize truths behind

existence leaving you in a blank state of mind. Perception. Society’s expectations is embedded into your mind the moment of conception, leading many people to a perpetuate mind surrounded by society’s standards. During the 19th and 20th century existentialism has incorporated and find its way around people’s minds. Many people began to question the significance of life and reality. In the book “ The Stranger” by Albert Camus, the main character Meursault was questioning life and death. The borderline

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher/existentialist born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Commonly known as the “father of existentialism”, his works included strong subjects such as seeing the human existence as fallen, and that human life is lived in suffering and sin, guilt, and anxiety. Kierkegaard’s work is mostly revolved around religion, specifically Christianity based. Coming from a line of Lutheran pastors, shows how major of an influence religion is on his work. On the contrary, Friedrich

The concepts of masculinity and machismo are ever changing; however, in Chuck Palahniuk’s book Fight Club the traits that make up a man are expressed as being tough, rugged, unapologetic, and sex-driven. By not expressing those traits in their everyday lives, men are seen as vulnerable, spineless, and weak, and as a result are often seen as less than men. But, why is there such a stigma around both vulnerability and femininity? Why is showing emotion associated with weakness? Keeping one’s emotions

specifically, the lack thereof and how one may come to terms with their fate. For centuries, philosophers have pondered upon the idea that there is not an intrinsic meaning in the universe. One major response to such a belief is Existentialism. The system of beliefs known as Existentialism states that through a combination of personal responsibility, awareness, and free will, an individual can formulate their own meaning in a universe lacking one of its own. In Existential literature, characters are often

explores the philosophic ideology of existentialism in the character Meursault. Meursault is a man in the 1920s in French Algeria going through life seeing and acting through the lens of an existentialist. Without explicitly stating that he lives existentially, his life hits on many key characteristics of an existentialist. Perhaps the most defining of these key characteristics is that he does what he wants, because he can. He also does this because in existentialism there is emphasis on individual

good faith is to understand and acknowledge that control of the outside world is not in our hands, yet to still take the responsibility and freedom of choices that we have over ourselves. Living nobly in good faith may be what is troubling about existentialism to some people, especially those who are religious. I believe that Sartre feels that humans are innately good and have the