In Jean Paul Sartre's 1938 novel, Nausea, the protagonist, Antoine Roquentin questions the existence and purpose of objects and himself. He ultimately discovers that the answer is nothingness because you create your own meanings and connections to the past and reality. Roquentin is a victim of self-deception and through the narrative point of view and choice of words conveyed, it is clear that he lies to himself that he must exist in the present to escape the meaningless past. Roquentin speaks in first-person narrative, which conveys his attachment to and curiosity about the connection between time and existence. Furthermore, he asks questions and then tells the audience what they should do, providing them with certainty and confidence that Roquentin's belief is true. Speaking in the first person, he explains that it does not necessarily belong to a time, but to moments of time. He thinks “the feeling of adventure” (INTRODUCTION) is when time passes and time makes moments happen. Roquentin believes he has not seen the past due to his self-deception and constantly lies...