Genre
Nonfiction
Setting and Context
Written in the context of the ideas that support existentialism
Narrator and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Motivational, positive, hopeful and inspiring
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of the story is Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that the author exposes the flaws of the traditional codes of conduct and breaks them down.
Climax
The climax comes with the revelation that personal choices and decisions cause human failure. According to the author, an individual has the power of making himself great or a failure.
Foreshadowing
An individual's true freedom is presaged by staying away from negative influence.
Understatement
Human understanding is understated because no single day an individual can fully comprehend everything in life.
Allusions
The story is an illusion of the complexity of ethics.
Imagery
The images of the men of today who are not in support of existentialism depict sight imagery which helps readers why people are still adherent to the traditional codes of conduct.
Paradox
The main irony is that human failure is linked to individual choices and decisions. The satire is evident throughout humanity because many people are failures, and they are the products of their choices.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
Failure is personified as a human choice.
