Th The War Prayer By T. S. Eliot

I will be analyzing two authors work from each of these movements, realistic writer Mark Twain and modernism writer T.S. Eliot. The Realism movement began in the 19th century after the World War1, in order to report the real impact of the war Instead of romanticizing it. The authors portrayed life in its truest form of how it occurred, they did not misrepresent an account in order to Romanize it, to appeal more favorable to his or her readers. The authors used dialects in their texts to reveal the harsh reality of war, which might not be not be acceptable to use among some of their audience. Modernism period late 1900th to 20th century focus on the revolution of the world which bought a lot of industrial jobs. In reaction to the innovation people travel to urban areas to find work. Yet, on the people became overwhelmed with the new world and they began to feel a loss of self because they felt like they have lost their identities of who they were. …show more content…
He also shines a spotlight and the price of victory and how man might have to soul his soul in order to gain the world. He writes, “If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! Lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor’s at the same time. If you pray for blessing of rain upon your crap which needs it, by that act you are possibly praying for a curse upon some neighbor’s crop which may not need rain and can be injured by it”(Twain 341). The quote strike a realistic tone because the author was specific in his argument against romanticizing the war by pointing out its