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This 10 page paper discusses the concept of freedom as exmplified by Gide, Camus and Sartre, using the works, Les Caves du Vatican, The Stranger, and Nausea. Quotes, examples, philosophy offered. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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attempted, in their day and age, to define what freedom is through their various writings. In Les Caves du Vatican Gide illustrates the free character by opposing it with those
characters who do not know freedom. Albert Camuss view on freedom extends to the idea of freedom for the individual as well as country and that these searches can often
lead mankind into a non-reality. Lastly, Sartre exposes the idea of freedom for what he believes it to be: personal choice. Andre Gide
wrote in his Les Caves du Vatican: "It is not so much about events that Im curious, as about myself". From this one can infer that Gides personal belief in
freedom is that total freedom is the undoing of a society, that no one truly wants all encompassing freedom, but rather what a person wants to be left alone to
live a comfortable life. Reality, in may respects, and certainly in the life of Lafcadio, is arbitrary and contingent upon the environment one finds oneself in.
For example, Lafcadio and Protos, the main characters, manages to convince the Countess de Saint-Prix that the Pope has been kidnapped and is being held in
the cellars of the Vatican. Meanwhile, in the Popes place is an imposter. The Countess, of course, quickly antes up the money that it would require to mount a rescue
operation. She gives the check to Amedee Fleurissoire. After several misadventures he is pushed from a moving train by Lafcadio. The three
characters which all have something to say about freedom are Anthime, who is considered a freethinker but is totally without any sort of realistic context at all. He may have
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