How do the authors of “Black Rain” and “No Exit” portray the characters and their personality? How successful were they in constructing the characters? Discuss

Dealing with adversity is very revealing for Sartre and Ibuse. Of the two, Sartre focused on revealing the nature of the characters by keeping the plot of the play “No Exit” to a minimum. Sartre did this to show his existentialist view of the world where making choices shapes the personality of a character.
Both authors concentrate on major characters but also their skill in characterization is shown when they are able to portray the personality of minor characters in a short period of time.
In ‘No Exit’ Sartre characterized the Valet in a short time. The Valet gives an impression to the reader of being a gentleman with polite gestures from the beginning of his entrance. The first word he says is “Yes Mr. Garcin.” Referring to the character with ‘Mr.’ shows how he is a polite, well-mannered man. Furthermore, he replies to other characters with ‘sir.’ In pg. 4, the Valet replies to Garcin “Sorry, sir. No offence meant.” Also in pg. 8 “This is your ...