When you look up the word Modernism the definition is “modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique” (WIKI) meaning that modernism is not just a type of writing, but it is the way that the writing makes you feel. Those emotions are what modernism is, whether it is being happy, mad, or sad.
In the book Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) it talks about real problems that they had at the time like sexism, racism, and equality. Without mentioning the issues John Steinbeck made sure that these issues stood out. For example, in the book they do not give Curley's wife a name, they always call her something demeaning. Crooks was the only African American in the book and multiple times he was referred