The Existence of The Main Characters Portrayed in Joisten Gaarder’s The Puppeteer: An Existentialism

Rido Aulia

Abstract


The Puppeteer is a story that tell  Jacob Jacobson. He is a character that has a philosophical meaning, when he is at a memorial event, he feels listened to and thinks that he is a member of the family. In a way, he can blend in and tell stories that could actually be said to be bragging, as if he knew the deceased intimately. The main conflict in the story is how the character  Jacob  Jacobson  searches  for  the  meaning  of  his  existence  in solitude in the context of his social life that takes place over a long period of time. Finally, individuals will return to their faith in God as human beings. At this stage of Kierkergaard theory, the purpose of one's life is considered to be a return to God. One indication of this stage is when an individual learns of his existence through religious scriptures.

 

Keywords: Existentialism,existence, human


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