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Introduction . The Modern Age. Virginia Woolf. Human nature underwent a fundamental change ‘on or about December 1910.’ Events surrounding this change: Automobile Airplane Marx demonstrates that social class was created Freud proposed individuality is merely animalistic sex drive
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Introduction The Modern Age
Virginia Woolf Human nature underwent a fundamental change ‘on or about December 1910.’ Events surrounding this change: • Automobile • Airplane • Marx demonstrates that social class was created • Freud proposed individuality is merely animalistic sex drive • Darwin posits that Bible might not be literally true
Further . . . . • “All human relations shifted, and when human relations change there is at the same time a change in religion, conduct, politics, and literature.”—Virginia Woolf
Connecting and Writing • What events have occurred in your life that might have changed human nature? • Write down three events • Everyone stands up • First person shares one of their events and sits • Everyone scratches off this event if they listed it • Second person shares their event and sits • Everyone scratches off this event if they listed it • Third person shares their event and sits • Continued • Students may only sit after they’ve shared a new event • If other students call off all of their events, they may sit • Teacher or a student should be scribing all events for later use
