Loneliness

“I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone” (Robin Williams). Feeling alone is a common feeling; however, this loneliness is moreso driven by those around us, which can lead to the development of isolation. Connections can be made between John Steinbeck’s nobel prize speech when he claims writers are “charged with exposing our many grievous faults and failures, with dredging up to the…

“ I’m jus’ lookin’ for somebody to talk to, don’t you ever just want to talk to somebody well I got nobody to talk to”(Curley’s wife 325). Curley’s wife just wants a friend and to make a conversation with someone. Curley’s wife was trying to make a conversation with Lennie. But everyone she tries to talk to are afraid to even look at her because of her jealous husband, Curley. Since, she is the only woman on the ranch and has nobody to talk to not even her own husband. I think women should have…

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.…

“Alone” is a poem, written by Edgar Allan Poe, about the loneliness of a child's life, which can be devolved using the theme and mood of the poem. First of all, the theme, or main idea, of the poem is loneliness, for example the poem states, “and all I lov'd -- I lov'd alone” (8). The main point that the poem is trying to get across it how lonely the life of the narrator’s childhood was. This is a good representation of loneliness, because the author gives an example of what the narrator had to…

poem by Robert Frost, Frost uses the idea of a desert to represent the loneliness and isolation that he felt. Typically, when people think of a desert, they think of a dry, hot place, however the “desert” place Frost talks about has “snow falling” which meant that it was a cold place, not a typical “desert.” (line 1). The selected poem has a first person narrator, Frost, who is telling about the feelings of darkness, loneliness, and isolation that he is experiencing/feeling. For example, when…

It has been said that “Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.” This quote is saying that being alone can be relaxing but being lonely is a horrible feeling. Getting away from everything that is bothering you can make you feel better but when what’s bothering you is inside you there is nothing good about it. Being alone is great when it’s a choice but when it’s not it’s a terrible thing to feel. The narrator’s in “Desert Places” and “Acquainted with the Night” come to this realization. “Desert…

That theme is loneliness. (Steinbeck 22). Loneliness contributes depth to the actions of the characters, and involves emotion as well. A common felt felling is loneliness and if people lack motivation, times become difficult. The theme which directly sums the story is the ability to overcome hardships of loneliness in times of depression. Making sense of this fully requires the understanding of each character’s back…

against for all of those reasons a lot. In the book Of Mice and Men Steinbeck suggests that age, gender, and race can cause isolation and loneliness. My first genre is a interview of the character Crooks. I chose to pick an interview because I felt like it would connect to the topic of loneliness and isolation very well. My inter view connects to loneliness and isolation because it specifically asks crooks if he felt lonely. I also went into detail about if Crooks was white if he would be…

prove how loneliness can affect an individual to develop more virtual Facebook relationships than live relationships. This study will help contribute to other researchers who are in the same area of study, this study can help develop ideas about individuals reason to make relationships online. The work cited of other authors in this research can help contribute to studies done on loneliness and social media. More and more relationships are being made online on social media sites. Loneliness is a…

Tracy K. Smith, the writer of the poem “My God, It’s full of Stars”, is an acquisitive young woman who was named as the US poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. “My God, It’s Full of Stars” is one of the poem from her Pulitzer Prize winning five-part poetry collection, “Life on Mars”. This poem is a tribute to her dad who worked as a scientist on the Hubble Telescope development whom she misses deeply. Joel Brouwer, an American poet, professor, and critic in his review of “Life on Mars”…