... writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger, John Steinbeck, and poet T.S. Eliot infused elements of this philosophy into their writings. In each of their most famous novels and poems, some aspect of Nihilism can be found. In the novels of the above mentioned writers, their protagonist have been destroyed by either the ... most often associated with nihilism (Encarta 2). He would often describe and predict how society is moving towards some catastrophic event. In one of his most famous quotes he says " Life is but an absurd drop from the womb to the tomb ". This is very similar in con...

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