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1. Modernism is a form of new ideas and thoughts. In a way modernism is just a way of improving old ideas into something better. For example, a computer that was made in the 90’s has almost none of the same features of today’s computer. The old computers are bigger, slower, and not as efficient as today’s computer. Today’s computers are smaller, faster, and top of the line. The computers changed because time was progressing and people were discovering new ideas to make them better. Modernism will always be apart of everyday life. If we don’t have modernism then people can not go forward in life. Society would be stuck in a rut and would have the same stuff forever. - Ariah Luevano

3. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot is about a man who seems to be really confused. He says in the poem more then one time "its impossible to say just what i mean". Hes a man that is older and is looking for a good time. He takes the ladies to cheep restaurants then to cheep motels. When he has a girl he does what he wants then moves on. This poem is really modern because back in that time it was not like a man to not have a stable house and to have a job. He seems like he just goes with the flow of things. He over thinks alot lost of stuff at the same time. All around this guy has no idea of what he wants and hes just a lost soul. - Ariah Luevano

4. Existentialism is the belief that existence precedes essence. This means to be somebody a person must prove themselves through action. Existentialist believe that the inside is more important then the outside. “I think therefore I exist” (Descartes) if there is thought then that’s when a person truly exist and has meaning. A existentialist does stuff for themselves. If things are given to them its not the same thing as if they were to work for it themselves, then its truly theirs. Objects need to have meaning, if there is no action then there is no meaning to the object. Overall, it is more about self worth and having the ability to have meaning to something that never did. Existentialist have a strict lifestyle and it could be hard to follow. - Ariah Luevano 