The Garden Lodge - Willa Cather

  Now days, many people are being very personal and egoistic. So the meaning of the modernist is who characterize something by their own self conscious. There is a saying that 'We should not live for ourselves but for others'. Living for others would make people to respect and admire of you.

  The story of 'The Garden Lodge' flows to present time and past time depending to the main character. By this story flow, we could know that this story is modernism. The reason is because modernism is mostly characterized by someone's own conscious. Also, in other part of the story, the main character thinks about she spending time with Raymond d'Esquerre. However, Raymond d'Esquerre was not a real person. He was a man that Caroline had imagined. By this part of the story, we could infer that this is modernism. Because the man was not a real person. He was a person who is made up from the main character. This stands that this is also characterized by her own self conscious.

  Many people are becoming egoistic and selfish. However becoming egoistic person have more drawbacks than advantage. People would dislike people who are egoistic. But if the person is kind and thoughful, people would admire the person. To give an example, Helen Keller was a disable person. However, she overcome her disablities and lived her all life helping young disables. Still, many people admire and want to emulate her. People want to follow thoughful and kind people like Helen Keller. People blame and criticize selfish people. Being egoistic and selfish would be comfortable and easy for us. However, other people would be more uncomfortable and tough. For me I would rather be kind and thoughful than becoming egoistic and selfish.