123 School Work

To be lost and keep on losing

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  Throughout literature it can be seen that the time period, in which something was written, can greatly affect the entire focus of the work. For instance, throughout the years after World War I, many writers expressed some sense of loss and used open form. In this "Modern Fiction" era utilizing open form meant that the author focused more on emotions and characters than on plot development. This period of disillusionment after the war brought about many authors. Some authors of the time are Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. These twentieth-century writers express either a loss of family and friends, a loss of importance, or a loss of their sense of reality and these losses usually led to more losses.
  A loss of family is prevalent in many of the twentieth-century works of literature. In Sherwood Anderson's "Sophistication," the 18-year old boy feels mature after experiencing the loss of his mother. He feels like he is a better person because of it, but really his loss just led him to also lose his youth. In Welty's "A Worn Path," Pheonix has not only lost her grandson, but also her children...