The-sad-young-man悲哀的青年一代.pptVIP

The sad young man Paragraph 2 1. What was the nature of the revolt of the young people? 2. What were the historical conditions of the age? Answer 1: It was the logical outcome of conditions in the age. Answer 2: First of all, the first world war led the rebellion that had affected in the entire western world. Second, the political and cultural development helped American reach an international stature that broke the artificial walls of … The main idea: The revolt of the young man was a logical outcome of conditions in the age. Figures of speech: Metaphor “and that we had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality…” The sentence is used to compare “provincial morality” to “artificial walls” Important points: The first serious war in a century: the writer, perhaps, referring to the Napoleonic wars ended in Napoleon’s defeat at waterloo as the last serious war that took almost a hundred years. To reach international stature: to develop and grow into a nation respected and esteemed by all other nations in the world. logical outcome: necessary or expected result or consequence. Western world: all the countries in the western hemisphere and Europe. aftermath: a consequence, esp. of a disaster or misfortune. the rebellion was no confined…century: the revolt of the young did not take place only in the U. S., but affected all the countries in the Western world. Their revolt was the result or consequence of WWI—the biggest and most serious war in a hundred years. Actually…in the age: Actually, the revolt of the young people was a necessary and expected consequence of the conditions that existed in this period of history. subconscious: occurring without conscious perception, or with only slight perception, on the part of the individual. tradition: stories, beliefs, customs, etc handed down orally from generation to generation. it was reluctantly…or tradition: some people in the U