One of the major issues that is found within works written during the period of Modernism is a character's sense of loss for things that have valuable meaning and purpose to life. The suffer from a great deal of alienation, leading them on a search for their true identity within the already chaotic modern world. Much of this may be caused by their surroundings, while often it occurs due to personal feelings. Whatever the case, …showed first 75 words of 581 total…

…showed last 75 words of 581 total…help also leads to the death of one of the prisoners; after that she thinks of what may have happened had she tried to stop him. She never does find her identity. There are many conflicts during society during the period of modernism. We see a major issue of loss of identity and the many ways people handle it. Be it good or bad, the consequences are usually a result of how they approach it.