Aging In The 20th Century
The 20th century Western society, creates a negative perspective on ageing. The visible appearance of becoming older serves as a reminder to human’s that their existence upon the world is minimal. As opposed to many different cultures, the act of becoming older connects and reflects towards a person’s wisdom and experience. Instead, the modern day society craves eternal youth, to be young forever, to have time, “And time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions” (Eliot line 33-34 ). The unachievable desire of eternal youth causes physiological degradation, human beings have become fearful to the awareness thus instead find comfort in an artificial