Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism

Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism <Tab/>An existential hero is a person who "makes himself heroic." (Sartre in Knoebel 629) Heroes are not born heroes no more than cowards are not born cowards. Existentialism holds that a person, based on their actions, create who they are and by extension what humankind is as well. An existential hero is one who takes an active role in their life and by way of actions creates …

…yields a half-hearted kick. Next he decides to send the falangistas on a wild goose chase looking for Ramon Gris. Pablo expects that when they return from their fruitless search for Gris they will be so exasperated that they would kill him on the spot. Ironically the false information Pablo provides turns out in fact to be the truth. Pablo never intended to provide information leading to Gris being captured however in fact he does.