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Boys And Girls Modernism Analysis

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Modernism Essay In the short story “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro and the “Destructors” by Graham Greene. Elements of modernism are reflected through both works of literature. In “Boys and Girls” it is coming from a girl’s view of how she has been given a role as a girl but she does not agree with society’s standards. “The Destructors” is more connected in post-modernism, during the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th era and ideas in the sculptures, buildings, and denigration. The historical setting in “The Destructors” was involved with World War One, which symbolizes a disappearance from modernization and is considered by the uncomfortable custom of previous polishes and agreements. The “Destructor”, a short story …show more content…

The narrator did not really come outside unless she had to hang clothes or deal with vegetables in the garden. She looked out of sorts with her goofy looking legs. She was always inside with her apron after cleaning up dinner meals. The perspective and psychology of each character is how the narration is in first person. She is always talking about different ideas and experiences. The narrator has difficulties realizing that she has been given a role and that is what she is supposed to follow, even though she wants to do the total opposite. The girl has always been told to work inside during the hot summers, clean and to be more ladylike. Many people in today's culture are oppressed by their expectations and see a lot more people being challenged by society and going against the normal flow. It is a typical farm family, doing their normal everyday chores. The family becomes more judgmental when the narrator tries to adjust by switching to a manly role with her brother Laird. Both pieces of literature, “Boys and Girls”, and the “Destructors”, portray their own unique elements of Modernism. “Destructors” show by the boys continuously pounding down Mr. Thomas’ house day by day until nothing was left behind. “Boys and Girls” proposes how the narrator developed feelings for the opposite gender role instead of sticking

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