Jean Paul Sartre Hell Is Other People Analysis

Jean-Paul Sartre once stated, “Hell is other people.” Being typically misunderstood when he wrote this, Sartre actually wanted to stress the importance of other people through this line by saying other individuals are what piece together our personal introspection. Other people are incredibly vital when it comes to gaining knowledge, not only about ourselves but also about the world in general; people are one of the reasons why I enjoy theatre. When I say people I’m not necessarily talking in a literal sense, I’m speaking of the characters that I have worked on and have portrayed onstage. These people have given me insight on how to deal with daily obscurities like my insane sister/ roommate/ time manager, Pauline. I recently moved down from

Jacksonville, FL from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and ever since then she has practically half-ruined-half-organized my life (she’s the reason why I’m even taking ENC1101). You could assume that my favorite hobby is to procrastinate, among other things. When my schedule isn’t fully booked with procrastination, a middle-aged woman lives vicariously through me by watching HGTV for pleasure, knitting, and ambling through the farmer’s market on Sundays for artisanal cheese. You could say my life is quite the tremendous adventure.
There is no groundbreaking contribution I bring to Douglas.

Actors don’t find the cure to cancer nor do they break records on the swim team. All we do is tell stories. What else are actors really credited with? We basically just make ourselves vulnerable to a situation and follow directions really well. Clearly there is more bookwork to it but in a cut copy sense, we tell stories in an underpaid and overworked environment through really weird interpretation. I became fully involved with the theatre department at Douglas in March. A few days later I started working at a pho restaurant. Fast-forward to August and several other obligations have rooted their way into my time. In retrospect, I never actually expected to obtain a schedule without procrastination lodged into it once this school year started; it’s quite the transition going cold turkey. In conclusion, the only contribution I bring to our community is being myself (and not being myself) in front of audiences and serving hot bowls of noodles. But the principal reason why I do any of this is because I enjoy surrounding myself with people who know a lot about a lot and I believe if you put out positive energy and work, it’s reciprocated back to you through judgment. I credit Sartre for molding my lifestyle with a statement made up of merely four

words.