Question

Read this passage:

Ever since my breakup with Marcus, I just don't see the point anymore. Why bother? Why go out and meet someone and have fun and feel beautiful and fall in love when it's all going to end?
Which term best describes the Modernist characteristic of this passage?
A.Unreliable narrator
B.Disillusionment
C.Traditionalism
D.Exaggeration

Answer 1

Which term best describes the Modernist characteristic of this passage?

B.Disillusionment

Answer 2

B. Disillusionment.

It is B because disillusionment is a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be. So, in this case the narrator is disappointed in how her relationship ended and believes that there is no point looking for another relationship because she thinks it will end up the same as the first.