ENGL 202 Modernism or Postmodernism Assignment ESSAY 2022.pdf

Newton’s third law of motion is that every action has an equal and opposite reaction –

this can be seen in everything. For example, the game “domino toppling” is an activity in which

two players are given dominoes to stand up vertically in a particular pattern. When the time is

up, the toppling begins. When the first domino falls, it triggers a reaction from the next domino,

which falls and causes the next one to fall. Each domino causes the next one to fall until the end

of the line when the player can look back upon the toppled dominos. Much like toppling

dominos, literary movements follow these patterns and react to the previous trends to create their

unique style. Furthermore, each movement creates psychological and social repercussions that

last for generations. Modernism, a literary movement from the early to mid-twentieth century,