20th Century A Strange time

The twentieth century afforded the opportunity to augment the "spiritual" Walt Whitman eloquently described, in his nineteenth century work "I Hear America Singing," with the voices of the human collective the world over (from the downtown city dweller to the indigenous natives roaming the wilds). The mechanics, wives, and many different human identities could have sang, "What belongs to him or her and to none else." In this century, Humanity’s collective accomplishments made it …

…of the day he so futilely tried to seize. In all three examples great things that he has been able to control surround man. It is simply up to him to recognize his limits and move on. The world post bomb, as is the case with all three works, gave man new hope through exposing his limits and revealing the tricks he must utilize to survive in a world that cares not about his survival.