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Comparison of Essays by Sartre and Blanchot
In his essay “Why Write?� Sartre focuses on the relationship between the writer and the reader. He analyses the process involved in writing and reading. He says that literature involves both the writer and the reader, for one cannot survive without the other because a writer cannot produce a piece of literature for his own pleasure and the reader cannot enjoy the benefits of reading if there is nothing for him to read. In other words, writing creates a bond between the reader and the writer. Maurice Blanchot also takes a thorough look at the true meaning of literature in his essay “Literature and the Right to Death� he views literature as a form of revolution and an expression of the true freedom of men. According to him, it is an “absolute freedom which has become an event.�
The first thing that struck me after reading both essays by Sartre and Blanchot was that the main message behind both essays was that......

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