Fear, Loneliness, And Loneliness

The relationship between Dave and his father is defiantly flawed, at moments Dave would question why his father would not aid him or protect him against his mother. “Father was my only hope, and he did all he could to sneak me scraps of food. He tried to get Mother drunk, thinking the liquor might leave her in a better mood. He tried to get mother to change her mind about feeding me. He even attempted to make deals, promising her

In his novel, 1984, George Orwell places a thirty-nine-year-old man, Winston Smith, in a realm where the ruling powers have complete control over their citizens. The inhabitants of this dystopia are expected to have absolute loyalty to that of “Big Brother,” the face of the government. The plot follows Winston’s rebellion against the world’s leaders and their policies. According to his perspective, Winston is alone in his disapproval of the “Party,” which is the term allotted to the followers of “Big Brother.” This solitude ignites hope in Winston that after all, he is not isolated in his beliefs.

The night air was heavy with silence. Clouds drifted across a calm sky, and a full moon shone in the distance. In a small hut on the outskirts of the valley, an old man lay in bed, awake in the peaceful slumber of the village. His breaths came in rattling gasps, his forehead burned, and his joints felt stiff with pain. He shifted on the blankets, his withered hands clenched in fists as he tried to suppress the wave of bitter memories coming to him. His life had been nothing more than work, loss, tragedy. He remembered all of his hope, his ambition, in his youth, and he smiled bitterly. No one would remember him as the man that he had once hoped he would become. Now, as his breathing became heavier and he felt himself fading on the brink of

In life, everyone wants to have somebody they can call a friend. The unfortunate reality of this is that at some point in time, almost every person will experience loneliness. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, deals with the hardships of two friends who put their belief in a giant pipe dream. The book follows George and Lennie’s troubled and laborious life until their plans go very awry. “King of Hoboes, Arvel Pearson”, by Errol Lincoln Uys, is a nonfiction text which overviews Arvel Pearson’s life as a professional hobo. This includes a detailed version of what it was like to be a hobo in the time period known as the Great Depression and provides an idea of

The novel, Fifth Business, written by Robertson Davies includes various aspects of parent/child relationships and the negative impacts they can have once an individual reaches adulthood. The relationships that the three Deptford boys shared with their parents greatly impacted not only the careers the three boys pursued, with Dunstan Ramsay becoming a hagiographer, Paul Dempster becoming an illusionist, and Percy Staunton becoming a successful businessman, but also had an impact on their spiritual individuation as well. As a child, Dunstan was raised by his stern Scottish-Presbyterian mother, which caused him to feel immense guilt throughout his life as well as repress undesired emotions. An event that impacted his life greatly was Mary Dempster’s

love for his mother was fake and cruel and was disappointed on how his dad was still seeing his

He asserts that the method for knowing his dad was withheld from him. He was isolated from his mom an extended period of time before he realized that she was his mom, as that was the custom in that some portion of Maryland.

Johnny and Dally have many similarities and one of them is how their parents do not care for them. Dallys family does not care for him. “...Shoot my old man don't give a hang…”. (88). Dally is stating how his Dad does not care about him or what is happening to him.

In S.E Hinton’s novel The Outsiders, Dallas Winston and Johnny Cade are opposites, from their personalities to their way of life. Dally is tough, while Johnny is sensitive, yet the two are very similar. Johnny gives advice to stay the same and not change, while Dally thinks that staying tough is the only way to not get hurt. They die in different ways, but both grew up with abusive or neglectful parents. Through everything, Johnny and Dally care about each other.

The mother figure in Dunstan’s life is very violent, as she is seen beating Dunstan after she catches him stealing an egg for a magic trick. The beating was a method of discipline, but at the time, Dunstan’s is just beginning to find himself and his talents. Consequently, the violent altercation with his mother is something that will linger in his mind for the rest of his life. Dunstan describes the situation: “It must have been a strange scene, for she pursued me around the kitchen, slashing me with the whip until she broke me down and I cried” (Davies 29). The hostile situation which Dunstan experiences as a preteen is vividly stamped in his mind. The mother chasing him around the kitchen while beating him is as if they were playing as kids, which shows a lack of maturity and composure from the mother’s standpoint. Dunstan realizes this and reminisces on those moments, and comes to the conclusion:

So by quoting this data Halpern demonstrates that looking back more than 200 years and comparing it to modern times, people are entering into marriage later in life, there are fewer large families, and more people are living by themselves. However, looking back only a few decades he concludes that the number of young people in America who are living alone is increasing very quickly. He further supports that the increase in occupations that are solitary in nature are also contributing to the loneliness of America, which Halpern describes in his introduction as “traveling salesmen, Web designers, phone-bank operators, and online day traders who live and work in

Loneliness and sadness are major problems because few have friends or company. Most of the characters in the book Of Mice and Men are lonely. You should at least have somebody to talk, but never be lonely. I would not like to be lonely.

Davis did not have the best relationship with his mother (Jack Chambers 25). They both liked to control things which they could not do at the same time (John Szwed 13). Although Da-vis was controlling, he was also shy as a child (John Szwed

that his father was a corrupt king, someone he should never trust or follow. She died

Parents. A roof over your head. Food on your table. A good school. A family to call your own. Friends to hang out with. Things we take for granted every single day.