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Examples Of Modernism In A Soldiers Home By Ernest Hemingway

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Modernism is reflected in the themes and characteristics of Ernest Hemingway’s “A Soldiers home”, Langston Hughes “A Dream Deferred”, and F. Scott Fitzgeralds “On a Play Seen Twice.” Modern literature became popular between 1915 to 1935 and focused on one’s own thoughts and feelings. The different uses of syntax and the feelings of loneliness and alienation are often seen in modernist writing. After the world wars, people’s attitudes toward society changed which can be seen in “A Soldiers Home.” All three stories have a solemn theme which was often seen in modern writing. To begin with, “A Soldiers Home” focuses on a soldier’s feelings after returning home from a war. After he return home, Krebs learns he came too late for people to be interested

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