/lit/ - Literature

What is with the french and having such un-friendly American names.

Camus (Camoooooo)
Sartre (Sarts)

What's the deal? Picard is Picard.

I can't decide.

Camus:

+better fiction writer
+tried to be non-partisan politically and tried to break out of the attitude of capitalism vs communism (at least according to The Mandarins)
-Sisyphus is a terrible role model of existence: roll it up, roll it down, be happy with your lot, repeat.
-Dodgy stance on Algeria as France

Sartre:

+Better philosopher. Although we're not absolutely free like he claims, ideas like bad faith and our essential freedom to act are far better models to live by than Camus' Sisyphus.
+Better politics of decolonisation
-Defended communism for far too long, wilfully blind to Stalinism
-often too convoluted expression which hinders understanding/application

I want to take the freedom of Sartre with the non-partisanship of Camus.

>Camus's face when he steals chicks from Sartre