The modern era was in my opinion one of the greatest eras of our existence. It had some of the most development that our existence as a species has ever seen. However, it also held some of the greatest tragedies our species has ever seen. The first of which was the Titanic sinking. Hundreds of people were killed and many critically injured for the rest of their lives. After which World War I began. Although at the time, nobody knew there would be a second war so back then people called it The Great War. Less than a decade after this the second world war began. The wars seriously influenced Eliot’s writing. At this time there was also modern technology developments. Such as U.S. War Fighter Jets, cars, and television sets. Thomas Stearns…show more content… This eventually led him to a job as a sailor for a short time. He was very efficient at his work. Once he got home, he quit sailing and followed in his older brother’s footsteps. Just like his brother Henry he attended Harvard in fall 1906. He stayed in a private dorm like his brother for his freshman year. He soon began a relationship with a friend at Harvard. Emily Hale was Eliot’s first love. Around this time he was studying Indian lore and wanted to become a philosopher. He read a book that changed his life entirely. The book was Arthur Symon’s The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1895). It introduced him to poetry. He took many, many classes that were too much for him. He was put on academic probation. He eventually recovered from this. Even after this epidemic, his graduation was almost prevented. He contracted a severe case of scarlet fever. By fall, he was well enough to take a post graduate year in Paris, France. He received a Bachelor of the Arts Degree in an elective program in literature in three years. He received a Master of the Arts Degree in English in the fourth year. He never got the chance to give his oral exam to get his Ph.D. because of The Great War. During this time he tried to do some poetry and criticisms. His professors enjoyed his work and gave him constructive criticisms on his poems. This gave him an immense boost of
