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Modernism is...

1. Modernism is the break from traditional ways of doing things. During the modernism period artists, writers and others used different ways of doing their kind of art. This changed the way that paintings were painted, stories were written and how things came about. Styles changed, and new forms were created during this time. Along with that, new ideas formed in how things should be done that did not exist in the traditional ways. Creativity took off during this time show what was possible, what new things could be done. These ideas, and changes have shaped art, writing and other kinds of art to what we know today.

-Matt Lagier

2. The poem is modern because he refers to the alienation he is feeling from society. In the quote “Do I dare disturb the universe?” he refers to this. He is not feeling the confidence that he needs. He try’s to fit in, but not finding much success at it. The quote, refers to his thinking about him self and how he is with people. Does he dare disturb the universe with him self. That is a prime example of alienation, but it is self alienation. He thinks this, and makes him self look bad in side and thus lacks confidence.

-Matt Lagier

3. Existentialism is…

Existentialism is to prefer the feeling inward to what society thinks. Existentialism is “A group of attitudes that emphasizes existence rather than essence and sees the inadequacy of human reason to explain the enigma of the universe and the basic philosophical question”. The quote is saying that, existence is more important to the existentialist than essence. It comes back to say that, the feeling that the existentialist has is more important that what he thinks over what society thinks of him. The feeling of pleasure is more important than looking a certain way, or feeling a certain way. They live on what they want to do, and not what society tells them to do. They exist because they are free, not controlled by someone else and told what to do. They are free because they conducted acts of freedom and self created them selves, to be existentialists. -Matt Lagier