Loneliness in America

Question/Purpose: How has pet therapy proven to be effective on children with disabilities or disorders in America? Has this therapeutic exercise, benefit in reducing impairment for those considered disabled? Often, we refer to, for example, dogs as companions, as friends, as an emotional or mental support system. But what is pet/animal therapy? It is a goal-directed intervention in which an animal meeting specific criteria is an integral part of the treatment process. Animal-assisted therapy…

locked in his family mansion surrounded black stone and wire fences; however, no family is there to be found. Pluto has always been alone. As a child his mother and father were never around, so he learned to take care of himself. As a result of loneliness in childhood, Pluto is currently as lonely or even more so than in the past. At night he ventures out into the world, yet good deeds is not what he intends to do. He creeps into stores and robs them of their gems and jewels, leaving them bare…

retirement, older adults may face a financial decline, which can also put a stress on someone, and can eventually lead to depression. Other losses that occur as people age is the loss of family and close friends. This may then lead to feelings of loneliness. Loss of a spouse is also a loss that occurs that can be traumatic for an older adult. Even being mentally prepared for these losses and changes in life, does…

Moulin, Gaelle longs for love, particularly male companionship, to ultimately fill the emptiness and loneliness in her life. In particular, the moment both her husband and daughter pass away, “[Gaelle] felt the full weight of being alone” (Danticat, 154). Because Gaelle loses her two, and only, family members, her life becomes empty and lonely. In order to counteract the emptiness and loneliness, Gaelle begins longing for someone whom she can love and whom will also love her back, thus revealing…

and detachment of social groups” (Monahan). This line is important because it has the title of the poem in it and gives the readers’ assurance to what the poem is actually about. “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost expresses depression, loneliness, as well as…

What is loneliness? According to the dictionary, the definition of loneliness is sadness due to having no friends or company or being in isolation. Loneliness is a complicated emotion; everyone is a little afraid of loneliness and everyone feels it. It is an emotion that everyone experiences during their life. A person can feel lonely if he/she is alone or in a crowded room. However, the dictionary definition of loneliness is partially correct. Feeling lonely is not the same as being alone.…

The theme of alienation is depicted through the main character Holden Caulfield, in the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Jerome David Salinger was born on January 1, 1919 (Wenke). Salinger pursued his dream of becoming a writer by graduating from Columbia University (“Catcher”). The Catcher in the Rye is the representation of Salinger’s childhood and adolescence, which he claimed “...in a 1953 interview with Shirley Blahly… ‘his boyhood was very much the same as [Holden…

Gordon 5 destroy to create an adult?’. The depressed person, however, is the inversion of child and adult in that they tread the traceable threads back to childhood, against the forces towing the line towards adulthood. The child garners much glee when they begin to walk: “‘Now we have heard enough of the tight-rope walker; let us see him, too!’”. A ‘tightrope state’ in the ethical imprisonment of the ‘child’ (the ‘self as other’) and ethical administration by the ‘adult’ (the ‘self for other’).…

The Life of Solitude To many, loneliness, and solitude could be considered synonyms; however, when looked at closely, they are actually quite the opposite. Loneliness can be described as “a painful negative state where we feel alone, and cut off and estranged from other people” (“loneliness”). On the other hand, solitude can be described as, “a positive state where we are perfectly happy to be by ourselves, relish and enjoy our own company” (“solitude”). While both words similarly describe a…

In “The Social Networks” by Neal Gabler, he discusses the relationship that television has with its viewers. Gabler states that the amount of anti-social Americans is growing exponentially. He says that “television has become quite possibly the primary purveyor in American life of friendship and of the extended family is no recent blip.” What Gabler is trying to say is that shows like Friends and Seinfeld depict Americans as having a big circle of friends and family that constantly go over to…