What Historical Events Changed American Literature?

There are many historical events that changed American literature in many ways. One example of this event is World War I. In this war the German troops attacked a ship where there were manyAmericans, this created a resentment against Germans. This war started the Roaring Twenties. This is when Americans were so repulsed by the war and all those killed people and started to withdraw from the restof the world. The writers started to write in new ways. A good example is E. E. Cummings who wrote poetry but he decided to do it different. He didn’t write with good punctuation and used verbs asnouns and nouns as verbs. He did this because he wanted to try something new.

World War II is another example of a historical event that changed American literature. In this war Europe went into warand Japan was also included. This time Americans based in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Americans went into war directly joining the British army and they won the war. After the war ended it brought changesto the United States. The Americans dominated the world with industries until the 1950s. This war changed Ameican literature in a special way. People started to write about things that were importantto them and the used a lot of feelings on their writings. A good example is the story Breakfast by John Steinbeck. In this story he uses a lot of description of how a simple breakfast is, but if weanalyze the story deeper there is more feeling in it. After this war also gothic movements started to appear and a good example of this movement in literature is the story A Rose for Emily by WilliamFaulkner. In this story he describes several things that are not common and the story as a whole is really scary.

Another good example of a historical event that changed literature is the cold war.In this war the Soviet Union broke up and separated. With this people in America started to reveal themselves. An example of this rebellion is that women started to demand equal access to good jobs,...