Michele+H

1. Modernism is the time between World War I and now. It is modern thoughts, characters, or things people do. Things that did not exist in the time the people lived. For example William Shakespeare was a modernist. He thought way beyond his time. Modernism rejected the persistent faith of Enlightenment thinking. But they still didn’t reject their religion, just the way people thought at that time. They wanted change and new things to happen and so they did. - Michele Hopson

4. Existentialism is considered to be a selfish philosophy. People only thought about them selves, but then again they thought more about the human race in general."Existentialism equals Individuality", said Mr. Shingler. Existentialists in the 20th Century emphasize that existence proceeds essence. They saw flaws in human reason. People existed but had no meaning i life. And that is what they wanted to change. They questioned our true happiness, our predestined living and more. Existentialists came up with this explanation: People and objects give meaning to themselves through actions, if we have internal value then society can't take that away and they can't take away our thoughts and personal experiences that made us a stronger person. - Michele Hopson