A Brief History Of Volume D.

The stories within the works of Volume D contain authors that are trying to make a difference in literature history by trying something new. In ways that the authors are breaking the rules are by modernism, fragmentation, symbolism, poems, plays, and more. The style of writing changed between 1914-1945 in risqué and bold ways which the book Volume D focusses on. During this time though change was not accepted automatically, it was fresh in a good way for a different perspective of literature. Authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, and more are just the few authors who were in this movement. These modernistic stories are what has shaped and changed literature in a way creativity is present and recognized. Also the authors

Wolfe was a unique author who wanted to do something ordinary in comparison to the ideal modernist writers. He was known to write whatever he wanted and on anything such as on napkins, and other vast material’s that editors had to turn into a book. One of the stories that I like of among Wolfe’s stories is “The Lost Boy”. This story is about a young boy whose name is Robert. Robert is a young, persistent, and smart individual who was admired by his family, and the people in his life. In “The Lost Boy” it is sectioned in to four parts with each having its own perspective about Robert. Part one is Robert himself talking about standing in front of a candy store. He will do anything to get some chocolate so he then exchanges stamps for chocolate. Robert keeps doing this which makes the owners go ballistic on him. He then goes to inform his father about this and they both return to the store, and he then fires words towards them. As the story goes along, Robert is told by different perspectives about him by his mother in part two. During this section of the story, the mother talks about Robert many years later after his death. She talks about how smart he was and how he had a presence of maturity for his age. She states how “Oh even as a child, you know—at a time I was almost afraid to trust the rest of you out of my sight—I could depend on Robert.” (851). Wolfe displays the admiration that the mother has of Robert after all these years since his passing. He also presents how Robert was not like any other kid with his intellect of an adult. In part three, Roberts older sister is talking about her perspective of Robert. She then describes his appearance, towards her little brother Eugene asking him “Can you remember how Robert used to look? … I mean the birthmark, the black eyes, the olive skin—the birthmark always showed because of those open sailor blouses kids used to wear… But I guess you must have been