Rewriting Reality in Modern Literature

Literature from the sixties to the two thousands completely shattered the idea of a single objective

truth. Writers stopped pretending everything was fine and started using fiction to

scream about the chaos of the Vietnam War, civil rights struggles, and nuclear anxiety.

It wasn't just about telling a story anymore; it was about breaking the fourth wall and

exploring identity through trauma and rebellion. This is the era that gave us cyberpunk,

dystopian nightmares, and Afrofuturism because reality felt too glitchy to play it straight.

They blended magic with science and romance with fantasy just to make sense of the madness.

Modern pop culture only exists because these authors decided to stop following the rules and started