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There have been many different themes in that of American and European literature. Some themes display a sort of romantic side of society and other themes display dark disillusionment of it all. Existentialism is a common theme among post war writers in which they display a character's scorn of society and their realization of its downfall. These characters will also, usually, question life's importance. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T.S. Eliot, and "The End of Something," by Ernest Hemingway, are both existential works from a European perspective as well as an American perspective. These two works contain some similarities as well as some differences. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The End of Something" contain some similarities between them. Both characters "see too much and see too deep" (Henri Barbusse, HelI). This means that the character perceives life in a different fashion from that of the masses. They have also seen more than th
" Prufrock realizes the decline of Western civilization, but continues to live in the banal scene. The existential character believes life to be futile, a movie. Essentially, they believe there is no hope for mankind, and that life in itself is futile. The similarities include that of the character's realizing the decline of Western civilization and both believe there is no hope for mankind. Therefore he lives his futile life and will probably die alone unless his attitude changes in the future. He is a man who cannot live in the comfortable, insulated world of the common man, accepting what he sees and touches as reality. Both characters have obviously seen war either from a soldier's point of view ("The End of Something") or from a citizen who lives in the destruction of Europe ("The Love Song of J. Yet, he still believes himself to be on a higher level, although this is very common among existential character whether they conform or not. Alfred Prufrock" portrays a very different attitude towards what he has learned as compared to the character Nick in "The End of Something. They have seen the vast amounts of death and destruction and realize that there is no such thing as permanence. Alfred Prufrock" and "The End of Something.
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