The author pinpoints an understanding that even the people who might not seem responsible for their actions are still making conscious choices thus becoming responsible for their inactions. From the argument between Garcin, Estelle, and Inez the author passes a message that ethical responsibility is a matter of self-conscience. Jean-Paul Sartre illustrates that the evil done in society would not go unpunished because each person bears the role of maintaining ethical morals in society. The literature is clear in his belief that morals are subjective and matters of self-conscience.
The argument between the three characters in the book uses the mirror as a way of identifying ones-self. People thinking that they are just they are night be undergoing the worst level of self-deception as illustrated by Jean-Paul Sartre. Garcin and Estelle think that they do not understand the reason behind them being in hell as they try to clean their names through their argument. Reality dawns on them in hell as they confess various actions that led them to hell. The act of denial illustrates the society that people inhabit. Despite the moral ethics that might be running in society, traces of crime still might be evident in such communities. This stems from the argument that people are leaving on self-denial, as they seem not ready to own their mistakes they might have committed in the dark. Inez, Estelle, and Garcin had the freedom to decide to choose what they wanted in life. However, they condemn their actions by choice to do evil. In the end, their choices define them as they are judged by their deeds. For example, at the time when Garcin abandoned the war, he earned the definition of a coward and nothing could even change their actions.
When Estelle threw her baby in the lake, she earned the name murderer and nothing could as well change their situation. The author puts it that, such actions were irreversible, and there was no any change that any other person could imagine. Conversely, at the time Inez took her lover and sucked her life through total control she became an evil person. The actions of these three people compel them to leave life with no meaning. This implies that hell is not much different from them as it suits the home of evil people. Inez, Estelle, and Garcin could not leave hell when the door opens because none of them made a choice of living. As a result, the author expounds that there was no exit for the trio because hell was their rightful place. The conversation below explains that the trio did not have to leave hell because it was their right place.