Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism

Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism
<Tab/>An existential hero is a person who "makes himself heroic." (Sartre in Knoebel 629) Heroes are not born heroes no more than cowards are not born cowards. Existentialism holds that a person, based on their actions, create who they are and by extension what humankind is as well. An existential hero is one who takes an active role in their life and by way of actions creates an essence out of their existence. Action is one of the keys to becoming an existential hero. An existential hero does not sit idly by waiting for circumstances to ha…