Sarte's "The Wall": Themes The Wall by Sarte, manifest several complex existential themes such as self-deception and meaninglessness, through the first-person perspective of the main character's, Pablo Ibbieta, confrontation with death. Pablo Ibbieta is portrayed as a common POW who is forced into a situation where he not only must come to realize his own personal mortality, but must also view and analyze the personal struggle with mortality of two other men, Jean and Tom. All three men are informed by a prison guard that they are going to be executed the next day, and the only thing for them to do is ponder their lives and their inevitable deaths. By examining each charac