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JEan-Paul Sartre was an existentialist philosopher. The questions of his philosophy
often come out in his readings. Existentialism questions why we exist.
Existentialists deny the existence of God. Existentialist writers such as Kafka and
Sartre often use prisons and solitary confinement to tell their stories. Often, neither
the reader nor the protagonist is aware of what crime has been committed.
Jean-Paul Sartre's "The Wall" reflects his philosophy and personal experiences.
He worked for the French resistance and was imprisoned by the Germans during
WWII. The story takes place during the Spanish Civil War in an old hospital being
used by the Spanish Fascist's to house prisoners. "The Wall" is told from a first
person, stream of consciousness point-of-view, and uses existentialist philosophy,
to illuminate the follies of totalitarian governments like Fascism, and Nazism.
Like most existentialist writers, Sartre chooses to tell the story of "The Wall" form
the first......

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