Modernism In Quicksand

Overall, the entire purpose of connecting literary movements with actual pieces of literature helps to further the reader’s understanding of what is going on within the story as well as the context that it takes place in. By understanding where modernism comes from can explain the techniques used to construct characters or the words themselves. In an example regarding Quicksand, the fact that feminism was up and coming during this time helps explain how Helga could be written with such an individualistic way of expressing her own sexuality with Axel Olson and her autonomy regarding where she travels off to. The factor of race at the time also plays a large role of course. If the story were not placed during a time where blacks were out casted