T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land - The Most Influential Work in Modern Liter

T.S. Eliots The boast globe - The Most Influential Work in Modern fiftyatureT.S. Eliots The Waste Land is considered by many to be the most influential work in modern literature. First published in 1922, it captures the feelings and sentiments of modern culture subsequently World war I. Line xxx of The Waste Land, I will show you alarm in a handful of dust, is often viewed as a symbol of publics fear of death and resulting love of life. Eliots masterpiecewith its revolutionary ideasinspired writers of his era, and it continues to affect writers even today.In the first two lines of The Waste Land, Eliot says, April is the cruellest month, fosterage/Lilacs out of the brain utter land (l. 1-2). Eliot shows the connection between death (emptiness) and life (fulfillment). Flowers and trees awaken and grow after the long, harsh winter months. The plants receive nutrientsand lifefrom the decayed remains of quondam(prenominal) vegetation. Yulisa Maddys No past(a) No bow No Fut ure begins with the same ideas of new life beginning out of death. Joe Bengoh, after witnessing the fire that destroys his house, mumbles, My parents dead? (3). His callous words hardly conceal his true feelings of contempt for his parents. Joes suppressed jubilation is apparent in his next hardly a(prenominal) thoughts. He thinks that, after the tragic death of his parents, Father ODon will surely accept him at the rush house. In an attempt to unclutter himself look upset and distraught, Joe sticks his finger into his mouth and then rubs his eyes. Joe kept on doing this until his eyes went red and felt as if he had been crying (6). Joe ends up be accepted to the mission house, and he becomes inseparable from his new friends, Ade John and Santigie Bombolai. Joes new, positi... ...ecognize these changes in his work.The works of Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald follow Eliots, and Americas, ideas and trends. Hemmingways A valediction to Arms (1929) in addition deals wi th World War I and the modern ideas toward sex. Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby (1925) portrays the alcoholism and sexual promiscuity of the Jazz Age. In No Past No Present No Future, The Brothers Three use alcohol and drugs quite frequently, and they all tended to sleep around as well. The revolutionary ideas described in Eliots The Waste Land influenced many great writers in the past and continue to have an impact on authors today.Works ConsultedBible, The. New International Version. Zondervan Grand Rapids, 1996.Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems. Mineola, NY Dover, 1998.Maddy, Yulisa Amadu. No Past No Present No Future. Oxford Heinemann, 1996. T.S. Eliots The Waste Land - The Most Influential Work in Modern LiterT.S. Eliots The Waste Land - The Most Influential Work in Modern LiteratureT.S. Eliots The Waste Land is considered by many to be the most influential work in modern literature. First published in 1922, it captures the feelings and sentiments of modern culture after World War I. Line thirty of The Waste Land, I will show you fear in a handful of dust, is often viewed as a symbol of mankinds fear of death and resulting love of life. Eliots masterpiecewith its revolutionary ideasinspired writers of his era, and it continues to affect writers even today.In the first two lines of The Waste Land, Eliot says, April is the cruellest month, breeding/Lilacs out of the dead land (l. 1-2). Eliot shows the connection between death (emptiness) and life (fulfillment). Flowers and trees awaken and grow after the long, harsh winter months. The plants receive nutrientsand lifefrom the decayed remains of past vegetation. Yulisa Maddys No Past No Present No Future begins with the same ideas of new life beginning out of death. Joe Bengoh, after witnessing the fire that destroys his house, mumbles, My parents dead? (3). His callous words hardly conceal his true feelings of contempt for his parents. Joes suppressed jubilation is apparent in his next few thoughts. He thinks that, after the tragic death of his parents, Father ODon will surely accept him at the mission house. In an attempt to make himself look troubled and distraught, Joe sticks his finger into his mouth and then rubs his eyes. Joe kept on doing this until his eyes went red and felt as if he had been crying (6). Joe ends up being accepted to the mission house, and he becomes inseparable from his new friends, Ade John and Santigie Bombolai. Joes new, positi... ...ecognize these changes in his work.The works of Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald follow Eliots, and Americas, ideas and trends. Hemmingways A Farewell to Arms (1929) also deals with World War I and the modern ideas toward sex. Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby (1925) portrays the alcoholism and sexual promiscuity of the Jazz Age. In No Past No Present No Future, The Brothers Three use alcohol and drugs quite frequently, and they all tended to sleep around as well. The revolutionary ideas desc ribed in Eliots The Waste Land influenced many great writers in the past and continue to have an impact on authors today.Works ConsultedBible, The. New International Version. Zondervan Grand Rapids, 1996.Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems. Mineola, NY Dover, 1998.Maddy, Yulisa Amadu. No Past No Present No Future. Oxford Heinemann, 1996.