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    Throughout City of Glass, the identities of characters, and even the author, are unclear. The protagonist, Daniel Quinn, embarks on solving a mystery for his unknown employer, but as the plot unfolds, he becomes increasingly unsure of his own identity. Thus, while Auster initially presents his novel as a work of mystery focused on the secrets of the Stillman family, his novel ultimately tackles the uncertainty of identity. Tim O’Brien similarly writes In the Lake of the Woods as a seemingly…

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    Throughout the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Solitude becomes an important role in both Victor Frankenstein and his creatures life. Mary Shelley tries to incorporate how solitude effects both characters throughout the different changes in the novel. Over the course of the novel, Victor becomes very passionate about science to the point where he becomes sort of obsessed with his experiment on the creature. As time passes by Victor dislikes the outcome of his experiment and tries to get away…

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    Though arising from separate time periods, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and May Sarton’s Journal of a Solitude share fundamental commonalities in the discussion of writing as a means to bring form to their self-identities. Written in journal form, both texts reflect on how the individual lives in solitude and how this isolation brings about self-examination. Gilman’s and Sarton’s honesty with the reader, as well as themselves, allow an empathic understanding of how these…

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    Trapped from Within: Remedy of Solitude As the hearts of many are drowned in materialism, belief in God merely seems like another piece in the puzzle of life. Yet for the roman Catholic nuns and monks in Spain, they are truly able to thrive when connecting to God through solitude. For them, solitude highlights nearness to the key which only God holds, to open the door of endless pleasure for a believer. Inevitably, making us question if the current priorities in this modern society, are in fact…

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    While learning allows us to gain knowledge on a subject, learning from our mistakes inspires us to make our own understanding and truths about the world around us and in our personal lives. Experience is the key that opens the door to wisdom. In “Solitude and Leadership,” Deresiewicz questions our system of education that trains students to not be able to think for themselves. Similarly, Hesse uses Siddhartha’s journey to enlightenment to illuminate the idea that certain revelations cannot be…

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    mentally, and/or spiritually. Being alone evokes different emotions for different people at different times. This can be attributed to both personality differences and the two different states of being alone; isolation and solitude. Most people don’t recognize that isolation and solitude are two different things, even though their differences are substantial and worth noting. Rather than giving you a dictionary definition of each, I’d rather show you how different these two states of being are.…

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    Latin America has faced a plethora of solitude. The deliberate striking of solitude has damaged their culture as a whole, and has made them relentlessly hold back. Magical Realism has helped them cope with their blant reality. Latin Americans have been concealing every emotion of seclusion behind a story. Time upon time again, behind the stories creativity, laid cavernous meanings; far beyond what the naked eye could interpret. Gabriel García Márquez, a writer who has done an efficient job…

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    In the article “The End of Solitude” By William Deresiewicz, written in January 2009, the author argues that solitude has been taken away from us. He suggests that social media and technology has made it difficult to be alone. He mentions that there is never a time during the day that we are not alone. The author’s reason for doing this kind of article is to describe that being alone is not a bad thing, being alone can help us be more spiritual with our minds and body. He addresses that humans…

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    when taken from their homeland, and forced to forget their sacred traditions that were passed on to them generation after generation. A Woman Named Solitude does just that. This inspiring story follows a young girl named Solitude as she tries her hardest to overcome the challenges slavery puts in front of her. André Schwarz-Bart’s A Woman Named Solitude is a striking tale about how slavery can affect the inner self. To start off, one of the life lessons taught in this book is the idea that if…

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    suffered from different types control from men that contribute to the suffrage of women. From Sexism to misogyny that women encounter, the opposite sex has demeaned females to a life of submission and servitude. Gabriel García Márquez’s 100 Years of Solitude and Rosario Ferré’s The Youngest Doll both expose men’s authority over women. These two authors two different approaches to characterizing male domination of females. Both García and Ferré presented compelling and controversial ways to…

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