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    A Discussion on Realism and Impressionism Kendall Brast A Discussion on Realism and Impressionism The world was changing dramatically in the late 18th century. In North America‚ the British colonies had successfully revolted against the English empire and formed the United States of America. Fueled by this success‚ Europeans began to feel a strong desire for change‚ most notably in France‚ where the search for liberty led to the bloody French Revolution‚ which lasted from 1788 until 1799.

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    men? No Read the following web articles and complete the questions: http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-do-media-images-men-affect-our-lives Complete the Discussion Questions at the end of this article. How many of your favourite shows feature men as the principal character‚ the center of the plot or the action? What messages do they suggest about the importance of

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    “The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart‚ and all they can do is stare blankly.” F. Scott Fitzgerald was a defining author of Modernism. From 1914-1946 Modernism was a big part of the times cultural trends and experimenting with everything from styles to writings to science. Flappers‚ parties‚ gangsters‚ love‚ and tragedy all influenced Fitzgerald greatly because he lived it. Most of Fitzgerald’s books and stories are about love and tragedy.

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    obsession with materialism. This issue and the corruption that accompanied it was commonly discussed in the literature of the time. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the characters of Daisy and Tom Buchanan as well as their connections to Modernism in order to criticize the hedonistic nature of the traditional upper class during the Jazz Age. Daisy’s wealth allows her to be careless and reckless‚ which is seen through her selfish treatment of her

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    Modernism takes place near the early 20th century and is the celebration of inner strength. It is a world where god is not in control and man’s own destiny is defined by itself. Social and political views are strong and truth relies in science and the views of the people. I believe The Great Gatsby falls into modernism for many different reasons. The book displays many instances of social platforms‚ materialism‚ 20th century struggles‚ increases in wealth and city life as well as taking

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    Design a modern country Modernism in Australia during the interwar period Yiting Zheng 7270585 Faculty of Life and Social Science Though the start of the modernisation may trace back to the beginning of Industrial Revolution. “Modernism in the design world did not exist in a fully developed form‚ until well after First World War.” (Wilk‚ 2006) Causing the great loss of lives and other countless damage to the world‚ it reshaped many people’s way of thinking the world. With the inspiration

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    of Modernism in 1920s differentiated two different standards of upper classes. While the “Old money” inherited wealth from their predecessors‚ the “New money” prospered through hard works and the perception of the American Dream. Many American authors are significant for distinguishing the deformity of society that Modernism has created‚ which in many ways still exists in the present day. One of the most important literary works that clearly depicts the American society based on the Modernism movement

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    Modernists see the ugly in the world‚ unlike realists who see beauty in the ugly. Fitzgerald uses the characters in The Great Gatsby to represent modernism as a rejection of traditional themes. Most of the characters in the novel follow traditions that get rejected because they seemed to be empty. In The Great Gatsby‚ that tradition is the American Dream. Gatsby himself is an example of one of those characters. Nick‚ however‚ is the one who sees the emptiness in those traditions. Fitzgerald

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    loss of purpose‚ shattering the masses’ morality code only to make them lost and afraid. Many of the people who came back from the war lost all sense of themselves due to their lost ideology. From this shattering‚ the literary movement known as modernism attempts to make sense of the shattered pieces of society’s lost ideology. Some of the figureheads that surmounted this patching up were: Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ and William Faulkner. Each of the authors provided an original insight

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