2. Common subjects: slums of rapidly growing cities, factories replacing farmlands, poor factory workers, corrupt politicians.

3. Represented the manner and environment of everyday life and ordinary people as realistically as possible (Regionalism).

4. Sought to explain behavior (psychologically/socially).

France originally started the Realism movement

Realism rejected romantic themes or exotic items

2: Mark Twain is not his real name

3: At one point Mark Twain had 19 cats

1: World war 1 was sparked by 1 assassination

2: The great depression was the biggest economic fall of the US

2: Home Ownership

2: Lots of Technology and devices were first created

2: It also helped the culture express itself and make people more confident

2: Civil Rights movement became highly involved with everyone

2: The first ATM was Introduced during this time

2: Neon signs and colors became very popular in places like Vegas

2: The 1999 Pontiac Trans Am was released being my beloved car

2: Some of the most phone sales were also captured during this time as they became easily available

2. Sense that little is unique; culture endlessly duplicates itself.

3. New literary forms and techniques: works composed of only dialogue, or combining fiction and nonfiction, experimenting with physical appearance of their work.

2: Post modernism also rejects objectivity and rationalism