Sarte's "The Wall": Themes
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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 situation where
he not o ....
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.... I wanted
to free Spain, I admired Pi y Margall, I joined the anarchist movement, I
spoke in public meeetings: I took everything as seriously as if I were
immortal. At that moment I felt that I had my whole life in front of me
and I thought, "It's a damned lie." It was worth nothing because it was
finished." In this passage Pablo realizes that his entire life has been a
continuous sequence of events and eventually the outcome must be the same
for him as well as all men, which is death. ....
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