The Great Gatsby Modernism Analysis
Helen Nguon
Cyber 5
1/18/12
Modernism Definition Essay
The word modern is a term that is used to describe current trends in today’s world ranging from attire to a city’s architecture. John C. Ransom, an abstract artist who still lives today, explains modernism: “And yet what is modernism? It is undefined” (John C. Ransom Quotes). What we may define as modern today may not be what was modern ten years ago or what will be modern ten years from now; modern has a definition that is always changing in order to follow the fast-paced changes of society’s culture. As culture changes, values and beliefs systems tend to change as well; art changes, new scientific and political thought emerges, and new ideas rise from spontaneity. As human nature progresses in artistic innovation and scientific discovery, new trends will continue to rise up with new indifference to past …show more content…
Modernism is a cultural movement in which everything from social life to our beliefs begins to lack tradition and consistency to previous generations due to the ever changing world. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a modern work written in the 1920s, depicting new ideas of rebellious behavior, luxury, and desire for wealth and status. This decade is often known as the “Roaring Twenties” because the economy rose due to the fact that women became more outgoing, and people became more willing to buy items they wanted for luxury, especially after the war ended (The 1920s-Roaring Twenties-the Nineteen Twenties in History). The ways in which people dressed and acted when the world was at war were different from the trends of the 1920s. Up until this time period, people didn’t drink excessively at parties and women were loyal to their husbands; having extra-marital affairs was unheard of. However, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, a married
Cyber 5
1/18/12
Modernism Definition Essay
The word modern is a term that is used to describe current trends in today’s world ranging from attire to a city’s architecture. John C. Ransom, an abstract artist who still lives today, explains modernism: “And yet what is modernism? It is undefined” (John C. Ransom Quotes). What we may define as modern today may not be what was modern ten years ago or what will be modern ten years from now; modern has a definition that is always changing in order to follow the fast-paced changes of society’s culture. As culture changes, values and beliefs systems tend to change as well; art changes, new scientific and political thought emerges, and new ideas rise from spontaneity. As human nature progresses in artistic innovation and scientific discovery, new trends will continue to rise up with new indifference to past …show more content…
Modernism is a cultural movement in which everything from social life to our beliefs begins to lack tradition and consistency to previous generations due to the ever changing world. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a modern work written in the 1920s, depicting new ideas of rebellious behavior, luxury, and desire for wealth and status. This decade is often known as the “Roaring Twenties” because the economy rose due to the fact that women became more outgoing, and people became more willing to buy items they wanted for luxury, especially after the war ended (The 1920s-Roaring Twenties-the Nineteen Twenties in History). The ways in which people dressed and acted when the world was at war were different from the trends of the 1920s. Up until this time period, people didn’t drink excessively at parties and women were loyal to their husbands; having extra-marital affairs was unheard of. However, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, a married