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1. Modernism is a way of looking at society from a modern perspective. Modernists don't look at society with a classical perspective because it doesn't make sense to look at something in a way that doesn't pertain to you. Modernism in a way is just being a realist. Modernists see what is going on in the world from a modern perspective. This includes drug addiction, rape, murder, and any other modern social issue. The idea of modernism is to stray away from traditional beliefs because they don't necessarily pertain to people of the modern age. It's a way to stop thinking of horses and carriages and start thinking about cars and gas. It is thinking of the modern instead of the old.

-Dakota Fulmer

3. The poem by T.S. Elliot is modern because it expresses the authors feelings of depression, isolation, and failure. When the author says "Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels" he expresses his failure with love.

-Dakota Fulmer

4. Existentialism is a philosophy in which essence precedes existence. One of the forefathers of existentialism, Albert Camus, said, " The idea that no general, non-formal account of what it means to be human can be given, since that meaning is decided in and through existing itself” Through existing people create what it means to be human. Finding what it means to be human is a major part of existentialism. It is the goal of all existentialists to exist. However, existentialist don't believe that simply physically being can constitute as existing. They believe that existence is created through human experience. It is about finding what the person is meant to do in their life. Existentialists need meaning in their lives. In order to do so they have three steps to go through. The first is the fear of freedom, the second is anxiety, and the third is despair.

-Dakota Fulmer