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The theme of isolation is apparent in all three poems. While detailing his morning in Those Winter Sundays, Robert Hayden writes that he walked by his father, “…speaking indifferently to him (Hayden 11)”. This disconnect form his father created isolation for not just one of them, but for both of them. This isolation led to loneliness. Hayden later writes, “What did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices (Lee 49)”. In Eating Alone, the speaker loses his father. He isolates himself to cope with the grief, and remains bitter and lonely. This is shown in line 22, “And my own loneliness (Lee 49)”. In My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke writes of a child being abused by his father. The speaker says, “You beat time on my head with a palm caked by dirt, then waltzed me off to bed, still clinging to your shirt (Roethke 109)”. The child may be with his father, but he is still isolated from him. This isolation causes loneliness.

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The wanderers experience with death leads him to face great sorrow which comes to be known as his only companion left. All of these examples together benefit the themes development by illustrating and elevating the wanderers’ level of loneliness.

Like walking through a barren street in a crumbling ghost town, isolation can feel melancholy and hopeless. Yet, all it takes is an ordinary flower bud amidst the desolation to show life really can exist anywhere. This is similar to Stephen’s journey in The Samurai’s Garden. This novel is about an ailing Chinese boy named Stephen who goes to a Japanese village during a time of war between Japan and China to recover from his disease. By forming bonds with several locals and listening to their stories, he quickly matures into a young adult. Throughout the novel, Gail Tsukiyama shows how disease forces Stephen into isolation; however, Matsu’s garden and Sachi lead him out of solitude.

Steinbeck wrote about many different characters who are full of dreams which sadly none of their dreams came true. Everyone has a big dream that would like to accomplish one day but sometimes , when we get lonely our dreams don’t come true. Through these characters John Steinbeck shows the effects about true loneliness.

Sukarno, first president of Indonesia, in office from 1945 to 1967, conveys, “The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation”. In other words, Sukarno believes that seclusion is the greatest punishment an individual can receive. Often, people are affected by isolation on the mental and emotional levels. Individuals begin to perceive situations differently and are influenced to make shameful choices. For example, in Sinclair Ross’s short story, “The Painted Door,” the main character, Ann, lives her life in isolation from most of society. Ann is a young and caring woman living on a farm with her husband, John. They are facing troubles in their marriage, since their ideals of a fulfilling life differ from one another. Her husband is set to travel seventeen miles to assist his aging father on the farm. Ann is against John’s voyage because the storm brewing risks his safety and would leave her alone to care for the animals. However, John is able to convince her by inviting a friend to come over for dinner and promising her that he will return at supper to join them; the circumstance fuels a night of lonesome emotions that propels her to commit a remorseful decision. One might argue that the author uses the narrative archetype of The Fallen Woman, irony, and symbolism, to suggest, that isolation leads an individual to question her values and commit regrettable decisions.

Loneliness is not only a word used to describe a solitary way of living it is also a word used to describe a human emotion. Elisa Allen is a thirty-five year old wife and gardener who feels lonely with the lifestyle on her husband’s foothill ranch. In the short story, it is found, “On every side it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot” (“John Steinbeck The Chrysanthemums”). In this quote from the story, John Steinbeck describes how the foothill ranch is isolated geographically and it foreshadows how the main character Elisa Allen feels. The valley is compared to Elisa’s life and how it is a life bound to solitary and loneliness. Elisa Allen often found herself with no company and hoping for something more to happen. In the story, it is also found, “It was a time of quiet and of waiting. The air was cold and tender. A light wind blew up from the southwest so that the farmers were mildly hopeful of a good rain before long; but fog and rain do not go together” (“John Steinbeck The Chrysanthemums”). Elisa Allen was accustomed to her farm life and the routine within it, but a part of her wished for something more. For something out in the world that was bigger and different from life on her husband’s foothill ranch. Elisa Allen hopes to live a life that is filled with adventure and not loneliness. It is possible to say that in some ways, Elisa Allen is confined to her husband and to the foothill ranch.

Anyone can relate to the feeling of being lonely at one point in their life. In result, when someone feels lonely it’s probably because they are not around friends or family, and just want to be able to have conversation. It also could mean someone wants to stray themselves away from the crowd because they want to be alone, that being said, everyone needs those silent moments to have for themselves. However, whichever situation it may be people still feel that “loneliness” every once in a while, and that’s what this poem is relaying.

Loneliness "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. "- Mother Teresa. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a major theme displayed by Curley's Wife and Crooks. If a person is disconnected from their surroundings or isolated in view of their skin shading, they can feel a strong emotion of loneliness.

Loneliness can be the death of people. Some think that loneliness does not taint our world but they are dead wrong. In the story Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck portrays the loneliness and independence portrayed on people who live on ranches. Crooks is a black man who has separated himself from everyone else because he doesn't feel welcome as he is black and he feels a certain friction to be independent. But really, all he wants is someone to talk to. Curley’s wife is a woman who is depicted as being a cruel and mean person but really all she wants is someone to talk to as well because she is lonely. Lastly, Lennie is a very kind man who is slow and all he wants to do is pet soft things but he is too aggressive and hurts or kills things when he panics.

At some point in one’s life there is not only contentment or grief, but a state of loneliness. Loneliness is a part of human life, although some suffer from isolation more than others. Being lonely can lead to depression or create a different persona in oneself. Struggling through isolation can eventually kill one’s soul, expecting no hope or ending up in dangerous situations. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck portrays the theme of loneliness especially through two characters. Crooks and Curley’s wife experience the state of isolation as they crave for a friend or someone they can talk with. Steinbeck urges readers to feel pathos when analyzing Crooks and Curley’s wife through the nature of their isolation, their actions and

Matsuo Basho’s journey has a significant impact on literature due to his well-written journals that reveal his lifestyle and experiences. In his first journal, The Records of a Weather-exposed Skeleton, Basho conveys his spiritual thoughts and religious life that he experiences on a new journey. Basho’s journal contains several poems as he further reveals different people, traditions, and significant places that made his journey more memorable.

Loneliness in Kokoro and The Nose Loneliness is a central theme in both Sōseki’s work Kokoro and Akutagawa’s work “The Nose”, and this theme is fully explored through the protagonists and their tragic stories. Sōseki’s detailed narrative of Sensei unveils a tale of loneliness caused by the protagonists' struggle with the past and inability to adapt to great social change. While Akutagawa’s well-crafted depiction of Naigu presents a lonely man with an abnormal nose who is forced by society’s cruelty to fix his nose, but is still never accepted by anyone. Sensei and Naigu share similar personal traits such as egotistic and envious, which eventually causes them to suffer extreme loneliness. However, I argue that the real source of their loneliness

In this literary analysis it is essential to compare and contrast Cathy Song’s poem “Heaven” and Bryan Thao Worra’s poem “Pen/Sword” to give the reader a better understanding of what the authors’ are conveying to their readers. The similarities in the style, word choice, and theme will be compared, along with the differences of style, word choice, and theme reflected throughout each poem. Furthermore, I will determine the meaning behind the broken up and/or the way the lines of each poem while describing why the lines are strategically placed throughout the pieces. This will allow me to identify the meaning that the authors’ are explaining to the reader. Each poet specifically writes to give the reader(s) a picture of what they are feeling and defining their emotion through their writing.

“Something Whispered in the Shakuhachi”, written by Garrett Hongo, is a sad poem that shows the sorrowful past life of this old man. Garrett Hongo is a Japanese American poet, who was born in Volcano, Hawai, on May 30, 1951. Although he born in America, he has missed his hometown all along and that is an important part of this poem. What’s more, this emotion is included in most compositions of him. After all, poets will produce their composition from their life and experience.