The Modern Temper
In the time period from 1915-1945, America was undergoing dramatic changes. These changes were noticeable in everything from the economy to they way authors were writing. Many of the authors in this time period turned to humor and most stories held a sense of alienation. T.S Eliot, as well as other poets and authors expressed this form in different ways. T.S. Eliot expressed the form of alienation in a variety of ways. In his poem, The Love Song of Alfred Prufrock, he allows his main character or narrator, Mr. Alfred Prufrock, to alienate himself in one-way or another. Prufrock alienates his emotions from those around him. He is scared to show the real him for fear of being rejected or alone. He cannot connect with people on an emotional level. "There will be time, there will be time to prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet". In this particular quote Prufrock tells us how he is not himself, but someone people want him to be. With the lack of self-confidence, his alienation grows stronger. "Do I dare?" This quote is repeated often through out the poem. He asks himself time after time weather he sho
We connect ourselves to those around us, however we alienate ourselves at the same time. He tells a short story of a young boy who was a great hunter. I believe we are all connected in some ways. She took her nephew to an opera and wondered even more. Although many authors did show a sense of alienation in their works, some also showed a sense of connection. "'Courage, and honor, and pride' 'and pity, and love of justice and of liberty. In hard times people often alienate themselves from those around them. Living as a pianist, the woman decided to give up her joy to move on with life. Willa Cartner expresses the sense of alienation as well. He realizes that if he kills the bear now, than in the future years he will not have the same challenge. The first time he doesn't have his gun ready and the second he prefers to save his dog. People are only human and no one is perfect. In other times we connect ourselves for that sense of knowing people care. Weather it was connecting with the world a just a small part of it.
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