Jim Morrison And Susan Sontag

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Jim's father Steve and his mine layer were sent off to fight in World War Two. For the next three years Jim's mother Clara, was forced to raise Jim with only the help of sympathizing relatives who believed in ideas such as "Children should be seen and not heard ... Ignore something unpleasant and it will go away... "(Hopkins, Sugerman 5). This constant barrage of negativity may have been one of the first factors leading to Jim's beliefs in existentialism. The way in which the negativity lead to Jim's belief is that through the constant attack, Jim began to feel as if he were responsible for all of the mishaps occurring in the family. This feelings that Jim had, showed his first signs of becoming an existentialist, because feelings of responsibility are one of the common characteristics of many existentialist authors, musicians and artists.
A second event in Jim Morrison's life, that may have been a reason for Jim becoming a existentialist occurred while Steve Morrison, ...

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who is often considered to be one of the few forefathers of existentialism played an equally if not more important role in the journey. Nietzsche played a large role in Jim becoming an existentialist because "Dennis and Jim would sit discussing Nietzsche for hours, arguing occasionally but generally agreeing ardently, reading long passages from the philosopher's works aloud to each other" (Hopkins, Sugerman 45). Through these readings Jim learned about Nietzsche philosophies including the ideal of The Superman and how to become an existentialist.

By the time Jim Morrison turned 23 he had become an existentialist and it was because of his psychological views of the world that inspired ...

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