How did civil war influence the begging of american realism

Like all the terms relating to literary movements, the term is loose and somehow ambigous.  American Realism began as a reaction to and a repudiation of Romanticism, with its stress on emotion, imagination, and the individual.  The movement started as early as the 1830's but attained relevance and held sway from the end of the Civil War to around the end of the nineteenth century.  The movement was focused in fiction, particularly the novel.  It wanted fidelity to real life, or "actuality," in its portrait.  The realist concerns himself with the here and now, centering his work in his own time, dealing with common-place everyday events and people, and with the socio-political climate of his day .

judy jones is an attractive woman who receives attention from many men throughout the story.   despite her beautiful appearance, she is superficial and callous.   she is an aggressive woman who goes after any man she desires but she is not happy.   she is fickle and is never satisfied.   her beauty is only skin deep.   dexter breaks down because he knows his dreams are unattainable.   he believes that wealth and physical beauty are what will make him happy.   he soon realizes that she has lost her attractive looks.   it is not all what he had planned.

demonstrative is te word i think