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Sarte's "The Wall": Themes
The Wall by Sarte, manifest several complex existential themes such
as self-deception and meaninglessness, through the first-person perspective
of the main character's, Pablo Ibbieta, confrontation with death. Pablo
Ibbieta is portrayed as a common POW who is forced into a situat ....
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.... about mortality by
not dealing wiht it conscientiously until it is too late. The majority of
people live as if their existence is limitless and their days on earth are
not numbered. Neither Pablo, or the other two men, entertained even for an
instant the possibility of some kind of afterlife. They all view death as
a change from being to non-being. This aspect helps explain the terrific
sense of dread felt by all three of the men, and brings about an important
question central to many existential mind regarding religion. Is religion
and the be ....
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