FREE ESSAY ON 20 TH CENTURY ATTITUDE

20 TH CENTURY ATTITUDE

20th Century Attitude
20th century writers dealt with many issues and themes throughout their writing. The
authors that I have chosen to look at are Updike, Beatti, Rothke and Plath. These authors
and their works will each be evaluated by how they deal with the subjects love, death,
loss and passing of time.
The short story " Separating " by John Updike deals with the subject of love and I also
believe it deals with the themes " quest for identity" and " alienation and nausea ". The
story talks about how two parents are going through the process of telling their children
that they are going to separate. This is important to them because they do love their
children very much; they want to make the timing perfect so it is easier on the children.
The father and mother seemed as though they needed to find out who they really were
without their children. They did all things for the kids. They said that they loved one
another but yet they didn't make each other happy. I think that they just weren't sure
what made them "happy".
"Weekend " a short story by Ann Beattie deals with the subject of " loss of time " and
the same theme that Updikes story dealt with " quest for identity " .I chose the subject
of time because at first they loved one another and had a good relationship and then time
passed and they ended up in such a weird place in their relationship. George had control
over Lenore in the way that she never knows that she can lea