Many realists wanted to improve the lives of those they wrote, painted or sang about. They were attempting to shock people with reality to motivate a change.
You respond by saying "howdy hows'it going" ........
How to respond to Le presento
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CNN after 11 seconds
Vanilla Ice
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Revolution!
because if 25 equals 36 just divide by 115
they were shocked
yes
they didn't care
Mexico was busy with its own Mexican Revolution so it couldn't 'properly' respond.
held businessmen blameless.
To answer a question we need a who, where, what, when, where, and how. Your question leaves out who.
They went to war against the revolutionary government.
Writers, musicians, and artists embraced the periods of enlightenment and the Renaissance.
It became an immediate cause for war.