`` The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, And Nick From...

Thomas Stearns Eliot and Ernest Hemingway both captured the essence of the modern man during a time in history that the world was changing with the characters they created and the symbols used. â€Å"Modernism† was the name given to different styles of literature and art after World War I. This war was so horrific that many of the writers used their own experiences when creating their stories and poems. T.S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway both created characters that embody the â€Å"modern man† in two different, but similar ways. J. Alfred Prufrock from T.S. Elliot’s â€Å"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock† and Nick from Hemmingway’s â€Å"Big Two-Hearted River†. Both Prufrock and Nick share the characteristics of loneliness, anxiety, and finding their place, that represent the modern man during this era. Even though not all modern men are lonely, the characteristics, commonalities, and differences that both of these characters share are represented in these pieces of work. The time period before and leading up to World War I, the literary world took a more imaginative approach when writing stories and poetry. During this war the world changed. The destruction that civilization caused to each other was brutal and many artists and writers thought of the world as mechanical and impersonal. A common theme and characteristic of the modern man was loneliness, and this became a theme in many of the stories and poetry with this Modernism time period. Prufrock and Nick both share the