Loneliness

Hulya Eker Module 2 Reading Response Introduction and Questions due September 12, Midnight (4 points) 1. Karp states that from the beginning of his life he felt uncertain of himself, he did not believe that he can accomplish the things that are expected from him and he also had sleeping problems. His college roommate named him “weak heart” because he seemed a bit of lost soul. During all those years he did not know what normal and what is not so he just thought himself as more anxious than…

Many people would easily agree that having self acceptance, being successful, and understood are two necessities of having nirvana in one’s lifestyle. Nirvana is a state with total consciousness, and peace one needs have without deep feelings of hatred, or depression. One with depression lives with severe inner sadness, and rejection. Depression would be considered the opposite of nirvana in one’s individual state of mind. In the novel, The Catcher In the Rye By J.D. Salinger, the main character…

Solitude and the thought of being alone are starting to become obsolete in our world. The increasing use of technology has made people so reliant on their phones that they cannot imagine a life without them. Technology is taking away our privacy by keeping us constantly connected to one another, this constant connectivity has created a fear inside of us. The fear of being isolated from the outside and being alone. During the romantic era, people practiced solitude by following Trilling’s…

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…

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…

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…

To be lonely and to be alone, those two words are similar yet different. The very fact that each of them have the same context makes the understanding even more complex. Imagine that you are in a box and the box was filled with people from your childhood. Friends...family? You do not feel so alone now, do you? Now imagine, you are going through one of the deepest struggles in your life. Almost like a hole that never ends. Those people still are in your life, but what if they were not…

worldwide. People have the power to distance themselves or be distanced by others. Some of symptoms found in people that have isolation include “living alone, having a small social network, infrequent participation in social activities, and feelings of loneliness” which some of the characters have . It is difficult, much like the protagonists in Heart of Darkness and Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud, to overcome isolation caused by oneself as it may be an unconscious action. Without…

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…

1-in-4 Teens "1-in-4 teens deals with depression" read the signs all around the school. It 's an epidemic, looking around on a daily basis i would never have guessed the proportion to be so staggering. But that 's the thing about depression, it doesn 't manifest itself physically, it 's a cold chill that sweeps across the room. The subtle and strangely comforting hand of death hanging to your every action with crippling grip. "1-in-4 teens" is a powerful statistic; the implications of such a…