Jean-Paul Sartre's Nothing Matters

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He argues that there is nothing in life that is anchored because all of reality is intertwined within each other. We should be able to contain the eternal recurrence and aim to live aware of the fact that each moment will be repeated infinitely. By living without morality and creating your own happiness, your life will recur how you want it and you won’t want to change a thing about it. I also believe that everyone has many things in life that matter. From material objects to spiritual beings, we all care about something. If we did not have anything to care about or have any purpose for living, this world would be a chaotic place. Richard Hare, an English philosopher, wrote an essay called Nothing Matters. Hare describes a young man who, …show more content…
The play begins with each individual describing themselves to each other and the reasons as to why they think they are in this hell. By establishing their identity in their own words, Garcin, Inez and Estelle characterize who they think they are. They eventually come to the conclusion that they are each other’s hell. “…. We’re chasing after each other, round and round in a vicious circle, like the horses on a roundabout. That’s part of their plan, of course.... Drop it, Inez. Open your hands and let go of everything. Or else you’ll bring disaster on all three of us” (Sartre, 30). One by one they reveal their true identities, which guide them to understand the reasons why they are really stuck in this hell together. What they did before they died led them to where they ended up after they died. They discover there is no need for physical torture because the gaze of the other reduces and devours their …show more content…
This film is about a man, Lars, with a personality disorder that does not give him any interest in being in a close relationship or being part of a family. Lars orders a sex doll from the Internet and gives this doll a name (Bianca) and a life story, which is a lot like his own. He pretends that she is a real person and introduces her to his community as his girlfriend. Dagmar, the therapist, says to Lars’ brother, “You won 't be able to change his mind, anyway. Bianca 's in town for a reason.” (Kimmel, 2008). Lars uses Bianca as a transitional object and he is able to make the transition to relationships with real humans. With the help of his family, therapist, and the entire community, he gradually accepts that Bianca is not completely under his control. The need for her as a transitional object begins to weaken and Lars deal with it by having her become sick and eventually

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