Applied Modernism

1.Why is "The First Seven Years" considered a modernist story?

2. Why is Fahrenheit 451 considered a modernist novel?

3. Why is "Richard Cory" considered a modernist poem?

°Pre-Write

-The First Seven Years

*Way Feld treated his dauggter

*Strict

*Daughter wanted to be independent

*Old Fashion tone

-Fahrenheit 451

*Everyone was,a slave to technology

*Montag started to break the rules

*Punished (strict living rules)

*similar to the "lost generation" because they didn't enjoy life like they should have

-Richard Cory

*Wasn't Happy

*Didn't follow the lines

*Did opposite of what they should

*More Extreme

°Essay

2. Why's Fahrenheit 451 considered a modernist novel?

Fahrenheit 451 is considered a modernist novel for the simple fact that it was written in between the 1900s and 1965. Some of the content seems old fashioned, like including the bible as well. Not everyone reads the bible when reading literature now. The community Montag lived in was very strict to how it is now.

It amazes me on how exact the author was at describing some of the technology that we do, In fact, have today.  Only difference is, we have the right to read, walk the streets an not automatically be Considered suspicious, and think what we want and be different.

The author seemed to combine many theories into one novel and make sense. He shows a great example of the lost generation. To my understanding the lost generation is a generation who turned minds eye inward and attempted to record their thoughts as they happened. The community in Fahrenheit 451 never really lived life because they were so stuck on technology. They never realized how beautiful the outside and their surroundings are.