Words by Sartre might be considered a confession of the imposture of his previous works, such as Being and Nothingness. Words deals with Sartre's first ten years of life. The lack of a father which he emphasizes in 'loathing' his childhood and, in effect, denying a superego, should be balanced by the fact that he had a grandfather who 'drove' him into literature. This implies that the grandfather cared a great deal about the boy and the boy denied it. Words is an exposure of Sartre's previous self-deception. The author wonders if this may be still another deceit escaping our grasp in a shifting dialectic of possibility and necessity.