MORALITY AND EXISTENTIALISM IN TIM O’BRIEN’S THE THINGS THEY CARRIED AND CORMAC MCCARTHY’S NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ACCORDING TO PRINCIPLES BY JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
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In literature, as well as in philosophy, it is possible to find several examples of situations in which a human being’s moral standards are challenged. Be it because they opted for protecting themselves and their families, or for defending an ideal, we find fictional characters uttering discourses of regret towards an attitude or towards something they could have done. In addition, there are frequent debates about the responsibility of someone for their choice. In this article, we will analyse how Jean-Paul Sartre’s ideas, to be found in his text Existentialism is a humanism, could guide a discussion on the behavior of characters in Cormac McCarthy’s No country for old men and Tim O’Brien’s The things they carried.
DOI: 10.5935/1984-6614.20200005
Referências
MCCARTHY, C. No country for old men. New York: Vintage International, 2006. (Edição Kindle).
O’BRIEN, T. The things they carried. Boston: Mariner Books, 2009. (Edição Kindle).
SARTRE, J. P. Existentialism is a humanism. Tradução de Carol Macomber. London: Yale University Press, 2007.
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