Jean-Paul Sartre was a writer during the 20th century. One of his works called The Wall was set in times of war in Europe. Sartre made “the wall” more than just a literal term. “The wall” has many meanings throughout the story, some more obvious than others. The main character of the story, Pablo, experiences all these “walls” in a short span ofn less than 24 hours.time that the story is set in, less than 24 hours to be exact. The first wall is the obvious literal term, but it has more gore to it than just a regular wall. Pablo is a prisoner and has been sentenced to death by a firing squad at dawn. They stand prisoners against a wall and soldiers will shoot them in a barbaric manor, showing no mercy. all at once; sometimes they must shoot
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Once Pablo is told he is sentenced to death, something changes within him, because to him he is already dead. There is a doctor in the cell with Pablo and his cellmates throughout the night before their executions. The doctor is still living, because he does not have to face death yet. He is just doing his job of observing these men before their death. The first wall of separation between the two men, difference is the doctor is cold and blue in the cell, however Pablo is sweating and grey. The wall dividing separating Pablo and the doctor were their state of minds, . “… this is the manifestation of an almost pathological state of terror; and he had felt normal and proud of being alive because he was cold.” (Sartre 233). Another psychological wall between the living and the dead, was experienced by Tom, one of Pablo’s cellmates. “‘I can feel the wounds already; I’ve had the pains in my head and neck for the past hour.’” (Sartre 235). Others who were spared the fate of inevitable death did not feel the same pains at Tom who was staring death in the faceNow, the living were not feeling the pains Tom was feeling because they were not dead or going to die soon. In Tom’s mind, he was already dead because there was no escaping his death. These men were already dead in their minds and this is the psychological wall that separated them from all the other people still …show more content…
Pablo not only lost the feeling of living, but also the sense of just being an actual person overall. “But the desire to talk left me completely…” (Sartre 232). Pablo did not even want to speak, because he had no desire and saw no point in it. He lost feelings for people he had previously cared deeply for. Pablo had a lover named Concha, but as the night went on he lost feelings for her, because he no longer had any feelings. He was nothing in his mind, everything was nothing. “Now I had no more desire to see her…” (Sartre 238). Pablo had a lover named Concha, but as the night went on he lost feelings for her, because he no longer had any feelings. He was nothing in his mind, everything was nothing. He was unlike the doctor who was still experienced empathy and hope for his life aheadliving and being a normal human with feelings and a sense of life. This “wall” had separated Pablo and the doctor. Just like how the walls of the cell separated Pablo from freedom, this wall had separated him from being a
Once Pablo is told he is sentenced to death, something changes within him, because to him he is already dead. There is a doctor in the cell with Pablo and his cellmates throughout the night before their executions. The doctor is still living, because he does not have to face death yet. He is just doing his job of observing these men before their death. The first wall of separation between the two men, difference is the doctor is cold and blue in the cell, however Pablo is sweating and grey. The wall dividing separating Pablo and the doctor were their state of minds, . “… this is the manifestation of an almost pathological state of terror; and he had felt normal and proud of being alive because he was cold.” (Sartre 233). Another psychological wall between the living and the dead, was experienced by Tom, one of Pablo’s cellmates. “‘I can feel the wounds already; I’ve had the pains in my head and neck for the past hour.’” (Sartre 235). Others who were spared the fate of inevitable death did not feel the same pains at Tom who was staring death in the faceNow, the living were not feeling the pains Tom was feeling because they were not dead or going to die soon. In Tom’s mind, he was already dead because there was no escaping his death. These men were already dead in their minds and this is the psychological wall that separated them from all the other people still …show more content…
Pablo not only lost the feeling of living, but also the sense of just being an actual person overall. “But the desire to talk left me completely…” (Sartre 232). Pablo did not even want to speak, because he had no desire and saw no point in it. He lost feelings for people he had previously cared deeply for. Pablo had a lover named Concha, but as the night went on he lost feelings for her, because he no longer had any feelings. He was nothing in his mind, everything was nothing. “Now I had no more desire to see her…” (Sartre 238). Pablo had a lover named Concha, but as the night went on he lost feelings for her, because he no longer had any feelings. He was nothing in his mind, everything was nothing. He was unlike the doctor who was still experienced empathy and hope for his life aheadliving and being a normal human with feelings and a sense of life. This “wall” had separated Pablo and the doctor. Just like how the walls of the cell separated Pablo from freedom, this wall had separated him from being a