Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh's perhaps greatest work is a Catholic response to modernism, a depletion of truth, beauty, and goodness.  This modernist society, the "World of Hooper," shows a lackadaisical society, woefully misplaced in the pursuit of goodness.  The main character who manifests this recalibration of ideals, Charles Ryder, is, as Anthony Blanche declares him, an artist.  But even Charles is lost in his search for truth and beauty in his art.  Anthony, along with Cordelia, the truth teller, aids Charles in his search for true beauty.  They straight up tell him when his art lacks truth and beauty, even when the rest of society faints with saccharine delight over his artistic mastery.  It is only when he finds ultimate truth in the Catholic Faith that he finds true beauty through art.  There is a correlation between truth, beauty, and goodness.  Truth helps man find beauty, and vice versa.  Flowing from truth and beauty, goodness is ushered into society.  Through the example of Charles Ryder's search for truth and beauty, we can revolutionize society through a revitalization of truth, beauty, and goodness.