Which modernist idea does this excerpt from James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man most closely reflect?

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anonymous · Answer

"I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning."

A. the rebellion against traditional values
B. the lack of hope in the future of humanity
C. the futility of armed conflict
D. the difficulty of finding meaning in the modern world

anonymous · Answer

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