The quote used by Richard Blackmon to portray loneliness and the indwelling anger felt by Brent Staples was on point. The chosen selection of this quote was perfect for the emotion of loneliness due to the writer’s diction when Staples implied that he could not find comfort in being a cast out as dictated by his appearance. “Pedestrians avoid making eye contact.”, is the kind of imagery that makes the reader step into Staples’s shoes to contemplate how isolated and lonely Staples must feel. Blackmon’s opinion that, “There are very few, if any, feeling’s worse than loneliness.”, ties the theme of loneliness and anger into the chosen quote by illustrating how loneliness can turn into depression and in turn into anger.
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