Unit 8--modern Fiction And Non-fiction Review

Richard learns that standing up for himself helps define his identity.

Clark is speaking to us, and we only see and hear his thoughts and feelings, his observations. This means that we have a FIRST PERSON narrator. A first person narrator tells us what he/she sees, hears, thinks, and experiences.

The "hunting hawks" excelled in combat, unlike the narrator, who won his medals for his nationality, instead of his bravery, skill, and prowess in battle.

Author's from many diverse backgrounds wrote about many different topics during the modern period.

Wright associates the physical hunger pains he experiences with the emotional pain he experienced at his abandonment.

The injuries the soldiers sustained were a SYMBOL for the PSYCHOLOGICAL damage left by the war they fought. Just as the writer's of the Modern period, too, were psychologically damaged by World War I.

The narrator tells us this because he is illustrating that they are in a place full of constant conflict and danger, even if they are not on the front lines everyday.

This is false because leaving the concert hall would mean turning away from her love of music and returning to the routine and harshness of the American Prairie.

Richard is proud to be asked to do the shopping and feels helpful that he will be able to bring food into the home again.

Modernists experimented with new techniques, sought new topics, and created unique styles.

Boston is a place of intellectual and artistic pursuits, where the mind is tested and there is a wide variety of culture. People are civilized and life in safe, warm homes with lighted streets.

Clark at first believes his aunt no longer loves music. When they arrive at the concert, he hopes that he has not awoken something that was dead. By the end of the concert he learns that her passion could never really die because it was part of her soul.

The death of a woman who was expected to live underlines the idea that tragedy is random. Each of the various soldiers has experienced tragedy in unexpected ways in the battle. For example, the boy whose face was damaged had only been at the front for a matter of hours. He should have excelled at battle, but tragedy randomly strikes.

Willa Cather uses the drastic differences between the Nebraska Prairie and the city of Boston to show how place can shape a person's life.

The narrator was an American soldier who never proved himself in battle through bravery, but is recognized only because of his nationality. The boy was wounded as soon as he arrived at the front and is not able to distinguish himself in battle. The major was a famous fencer who is optimistic and hopeful until the death of his wife. The three hunting hawks were great fighters who received medals for the brave things they did in battle.

Nebraska is a rugged, wild country with extreme weather. Life is hard and taxes the physical body--work accidents and physical illness and injury are common.

Since authors were experimenting with everyday life and everyday subjects, they often drew from their own personal experiences for stories. Therefore, many authors chose to write autobiographies about their own everyday lives and experiences.

Internal conflict occurs when the character must confront and overcome some issue or missing quality within himself.
External conflict occurs when the character must confront and overcome problems with forces outside himself such as nature.

Internal conflict is a problem the character must overcome within him/herself.
External conflict is a problem that comes at the character from an external or outside force.

Modernist writers were disillusioned because of the viciousness and brutality they experienced during World War 1.