From reading Postmodernism for Beginners, I got a better sense of what postmodernism is. To truly grasp the concept, you have to have an understanding of what modernism is. In the modern era, people were highly influenced by religion and had one way of thinking. Many events happened that made people begin to question their existence and beliefs. People began to question if the ideas they once knew to be real still existed. Out of this came the postmodern era in which people turned to science and reasoning for answers. Most importantly people began to express themselves in a different way through various art forms.