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This 5 page report discusses Jean
Paul Sartre’s short story, “The Wall,” which takes place during
the 1930s in the era of the Spanish Civil War. Three men are
arrested, placed on trial, and sentenced to death for rather
nebulous political reasons. The authorities are prepared to
execute people for little or no reason whatsoever, and this lack
of causality -- so predominant in existentialism -- is a favorite
theme of Sartre’s. “The Wall” serves as an excellent example of
existential writing in that we are what we are, what happens,
happens, and what you see is what you get. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
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whatsoever, and this lack of causality -- so predominant in existentialism -- is a favorite theme of Sartres. "The Wall" serves as an excellent example of existential writing in that
we are what we are, what happens, happens, and what you see is what you get. Bibliography lists 3 sources. BWjpswal.rtf Jean
Paul Sartres "The Wall"-- Existentialism in Story Form By: C.B. Rodgers - November 2001 -- for more information on using this
paper properly! Introduction Jean Paul Sartres "The Wall" is a short story, set during the 1930s in the era of the Spanish Civil War. Three men are arrested, placed
on trial, and sentenced to death for rather nebulous political reasons. The youngest, Juan Mirbal, has the misfortune of being the brother of a known anarchist, and that is reason
enough; another, Tom Steinbock, may have indeed had something to do with the rebellion, but we are not sure what; and the narrator, Pablo Ibbieta, actually seems to have been
close enough to the action to have harbored the revolutionary Ramon Gris in his home for a time. None of this ultimately matters since, as is shown by the plight
of the hapless and rabbity Juan, the authorities are prepared to execute people for little or no reason whatsoever, and this lack of causality -- so predominant in existentialism --
is a favorite theme of Sartres. Existential Writing Sartre has gone down in literary history as a leading exponent of a movement known as Existentialism. Existentialists believe that man determines
the nature of his own existence, and that in fact it is the choices he makes which allow man to actually exist. Existentialists typically deny the existence of God, because
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