This chapter deals with the two subjects shown above and asks us several important questions as well. The questions that piqued my interest the most were "Why do people break the rules" and "is it important to face reality." It is in my opinion that rules were created to protect us against ourselves, from going wild. By doing this however, we give up some of our freedom. Which makes me conclude that some rules were meant to be broken. For the second question, we must never hide from the reality of the situation. Anything that flies face in the reality is dangerous, but I may just be taking this literally.
The Civil War was a transitional not only for America but also for literature. I honestly believe we have the South to thank for this transition. Also the Romantics played a role with their images of the brave Romantic hero. So many got the real taste of war and had their views changed. By the end of the Civil War, romanticism had lost it's taste and realism was on the rise. Two poets also broke conventional poetry rules: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. They wrote radically different styles that wasn't accepted until later on after their deaths. African Americans rose into levels of prominence on many levels. Then it talks about the basic form of poetry later on.
I just have to say that I love the examples they used for the Artistic Innovators section. Blue Man Group? Saving Private Ryan? Bravo!
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