The Conflict between Individual's Instinctive Desire and Modern Civilization——On Waller's Rebellion against Modern Civilization
The protagonist in the Bridges of Madison County, Robert Kincaid,who is very similar to the author Waller, is the spokesman for the author. Through Kincaid's alienation from modern civilization, his dissatisfaction with the highly commercialized and highly organized modern society, his negative attitude towards modern science and technology, Waller reveals his rebellion against modern civilization. Modern civilization imposes great restrictions on individual's instinctive desire. The author's rebellion is in essence the rebellion against the great restrictions that modern civilization imposes on individual's instinctive desire.