The+Wall+by+Sartre



=Sartre's 'The Wall'= Ok, so teaching people existentialism isn't easy. Because so much of this philosophy depends on interpretation, many philosophers have found writing stories more accessible for their audiences. In 'The Wall', Sartre creates a short story about men who are facing their own death. Throughout the night, you will observe all the steps that one would need to experience in order to find peace in such a situation. Choose one of these prompts to expand into a paragraph response.


 * Or....respond to someone else's post and describe why their interpretation is right or in contrast to your interpretation. PLEASE don't retell me the story. I know the story. Go directly into your reaction.

1. In 'The Wall', why does the narrator laugh at the end of the story? How can this relate to our lives? 2. "They got Gris." What does this line suggest about our control over life? How can this relate to our lives? 3. At some point, Pablo is thinking about his girlfriend "but death disenchanted everything". Explain this phenomenon that Pablo realizes on page 11.