The pretentious prim and proper front that France was known for influenced Dali enough to oppose it. This opposition resulted in the first major work of surrealism in literature or film, Le Chien Andalou. Henceforth, setting a standard for surrealist writers to follow. In comparison, R. L. Stine is also influenced by society around him. What happens to people in real life dims the abstract content of surrealism.
Society seems surreal and the actual surrealist stories become more believable.
By using real life situations for writing the result is a different surrealist story, yet with the same influences as earlier writers. Occupation was also something that influenced Salvador Dali s early work. Besides society, Dali had entertainment to draw from. He was an artist, and because he was disgusted with the life around him, he would use his profession as an outlet for surrealist work. By creating a film to express his feelings instead of writing them, Dali conveyed his surreal ideas quite vividly.