Essays on Loneliness

Imagine growing up without a mother. How can adolescent girls navigate their journey to adulthood without maternal guidance? Let me share the story of a girl who had an incredibly close bond with her mother; they were not only family, but also best friends. Her mother provided advice on clothes, school problems, and anything else…

Introduction When we read poetry we have to realize that the words written cannot be taken without context. The words being written are a manifestation of the poets life and beliefs. The theme, the style is all dependent on the poet and the presentation of his life and beliefs. So before stepping into any critical…

Being married often offers no protection of the dangers of being lonely. Naturally, over time, marriages begin to lose the love and affection that was once there, but continue to stay in the marriage without trying to salvage it. During one’s moments of loneliness and isolation, marriages begin to lose their spark and result in…

People feel lonely because they don’t have the required friendships that they need. Poets described feelings of being isolated, lacking social support, feeling invisible, or feeling that no one around understands what that person is going through. So in essence, lonely individuals (like everyone else) need friendships, friends who would take notice of them, understand…

IS THE WELL OF LONELINESS A CLASSIC OF LESBIAN LITERATURE? Radcliffe Hall’s novel, The Well of Loneliness, depicts the girlhood and womanhood of a non-conventional woman, Stephen Gordon, who after assuming her natural inversion during her adolescence, fights to find a place in the world. After fulfilling partially her aspirations by serving in I World…

(An interpretation and Evaluation of William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”)             There is no such thing as perfect in the aspect of life and living. However, there is happiness and sadness to accompany us throughout our endeavors and journey. Furthermore, there is something that we must understand in life. A person living alone does…

When analyzing the characters in any novel, the reader seeks to understand the influences in which shape how the character lives their life and the choices in which they make and why. The psychoanalytical and biographical approach is brought forward in the text based on the experiences in which Wharton has experienced throughout her life….

Being alone is a choice that some people make willingly, whereas loneliness is a perpetual state that causes pain. When experiencing loneliness, you may feel a lack of belonging and appreciation from others. In its most severe form, it can even evoke a sense that nobody would notice if you were gone. The text “Sorry…

The Loneliness of Holden Caulfield in the Catcher in the Rye Abstract: Though controversial, the novel the Catcher in The Rye appealed to a great number of people. It was a hugely popular bestseller and general critical success. The Catcher in the Rye was frequently read as a tale of an individual’s alienation within a…

In “Miss Brill” the author Katherine Mansfield creates the metaphor of the world being a stage and the character of Miss Brill being an actress. This illusion can determine her to be a round character because she is afraid of being the person that she isn’t. Miss Brill hides her real emotions by hiding behind…