The Roads to Freedom (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Existentialism
- Time of Work: June, 1938, to June, 1940
- Setting: France and New York City
- Genres: Long fiction, Existential literature, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Freedom, Values, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Communism or communists, France or French people, Love or romance, Self, New York City, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, Individuality, Abortion, Existentialism, Nazism or Nazis
- Locales: New York, NY, France
Characters Discussed
The Age of Reason, 1945
Mathieu Delarue (mah-TYEW deh- lah-REW), Marcelle’s lover, a philosophy teacher in Paris. During a visit to Marcelle, he learns that she is pregnant. He decides to raise the money to pay for an abortion, which is illegal in this place and time. Mathieu asks both his friend Daniel and his brother Jacques for the money, but they refuse. He meets his old friend Brunet, who asks him to become a communist. Mathieu refuses. He is enamored of Ivich, a young woman. He takes her to an art gallery to view the paintings of...
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