simone d'beauvoir
...essays and novels on her views of existentialism. Existentialism is defined as “a 20th century philosophical movement that denies that the universe has any meaning or purpose and requires individuals to take responsibility for their own actions and shape their own destinies.” Some of d’Beauvoir’s most well-known ideas come from her famous work, “The Second Sex.” She agreed with Sartre’s conception that human beings are free; that we have freedom of choice, and that good acts increase one’s freedom, while bad ones limit that freedom. She builds on his theory with her own more feminist view that women are the “other sex”. She states “that women is not born, but made”, and continues writing of women being oppressed throughout history. Her other works include a four part autobiography, and many other novels such as “The Coming of Age”, which scorned society for its poor treatment of the elderly. After her mothers death, she also wrote “A Very Easy Death”; one of ...