The Waste Land is an epoch-making work in western literature in the 20th century, a milestone in modernist poetry and Eliot's famous work. The brutal fighting and struggle in the First World War completely destroyed the traditional Christianity, life values and moral standards of westerners. It is with this feeling that The Waste Land was written. Eliot described modern culture as a barren and thirsty wilderness. He described the spiritual and cultural crisis of modern society and the conflict between fragmented experience and seeking relatively stable cultural heritage from modern society. The Waste Land is a work in search of spiritual home.