Els sots feréstecs is considered the first long modernist novel. It represents the failure of the artist in his attempt to transform society, which is why it links to the regenerationist will of the modernist movement. The protagonist, mossèn Llàtzer, embodies the superior man, Goodness and the Ideal, who faces the crowds, Evil and Nature, embodied by the Roda-soques. The character that begins the book, Aleix de les Tòfones, symbolizes the degradation of human qualities