Research Essay on Isolation

There are many ways that people can isolate themselves. Isolation is not always something brought upon one’s self. Isolation can be optional, or a person may have no option in isolation. Stevie Smith, Nathaniel Hawthorne and E.A Robinson show, develop, and illustrate the theme of isolation in their short story and poems.

Images of confinement and escape in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Is shown all throughout the story, Mrs. Mallard felt trapped she did not seem happy at all. The feeling of freedom seemed to take over Mrs. Mallard body. Her exhaustion seems to confine her so when Mrs. Mallard heard the news about her husband. All she could think of is being alone and confining herself in a room where she can express how she truly feels. Mrs. Mallard felt tied down and exhausted from being trapped. Instead of her

As defined by Marian Webster Dictionary the word “isolate” means “to set apart from others”. In his novel Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card uses the state of isolation as the main factor contributing to the protagonist’s character development for good and bad. The protagonist, Ender, is able to grow in his studies and leadership, yet his childhood and self-esteem is affected through the separation from others.

Isolation is the separation from others and/or society whether it be physically or emotionally. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, I believe that a central theme is that the isolation from family and society, especially at a time when one is faced with difficulty, can have a negative effect on a person. The main characters in the story, Victor Frankenstein and the monster, both experience the same suffering of being alone in different ways. The negative consequences are the death of their loved one and eventually the end of their own.

In modern day civilization individuals do not understand what they have until what they desired so much in life is vanished. Individuals take for granted what they have and sometimes create their own misery by isolating themselves from the world and even from their own family in that matter. Isolation is created by one owns way of being, no one is actually pushing an individual away, those people are trying to bring those individuals closer in. In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the character Victor Frankenstein constructs his own isolation when he becomes obsessed with trying to make a creation so grand that he forgets what is truly important in any individuals life.

The fear of living in isolation or being isolated from everyone else has been something people have tried staying away from. Sometimes people end up going into isolation without knowing it until it becomes too late. All your family and friends start to stray away and you are left alone with nobody by your side. When he isolates himself from society and his family, Victor Frankenstein pushes everyone out of his life to become an inventor, showing that pushing your family away is acceptable only when the outcome has an impact on the world.

Isolation occurs when one does not have a support system where they can talk and express their thoughts and emotions. Isolation in the novel Of Mice and Men highlights the effects of  human nature by portraying it as something social and dependant on others rather than individuals first. This is shown by the characters when they get affected by isolation and become destructive, delusional, and desensitized from other people.

Isolated; having minimal contact or little in common with others. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, One of the protagonists, George, is isolated from his surrounding peers. This is because of George’s internal conflict about Lennie, another protagonist. He is also insecure of his surroundings. I believe that George’s Internal Conflict with Lennie is driven by guilt, which leads to him being isolated from the other ranch-hands.

This shows how isolation can not only impact anyone mentally, like Liesel, but also physically. Finally, another major instances of isolation in The Book Thief is with Hans Hubermann. Hans, Liesel’s foster father, is isolated philosophically from the majority of the German society because of his beliefs. He disagrees with the Nazi’s principles and values human life more than anything else. This belief causes him to be jobless and lose the people close to him (his son). In this instance, isolation is not physical, like with Liesel or Max, but physiological. He is not separated from society in a material way, but instead mentally, through his beliefs. This shows that isolation can take many forms, both physical and physiological. All three of these characters face struggles with isolation, as it impacts them severely, and all three of them will try to flee from it.

oneself alone, shows how solitary action and thought are so restricted as to be impossible to

Another two important themes this novel is based on is Illusion and Isolation, a false interpretation or perception. Illusion affords each of the three main characters a means of escape from the reality of the silent and isolated lives they lead. According to Wharton, Ethan would " imagine that peace reigned in his house" when Zeena stopped watching Mattie so closely after her arrival. Isolation, which is not self-imposed before the tragedy that befalls Mattie and Ethan, but is enforced upon them by outside circumstances. Ethan tried to escape the isolation of Starkfield and his father's farm by going off to the technological college at Worcester. He began to cultivate his own social traits and to overcome his reticence; however, his

Isolation is the feeling of being unable to experience shared meaning and belonging. The feeling of being unable to experience shared meaning is a major source of psychological distress.

Isolation from the world and other people can sometimes be good for people. For those that choose to step back and take a break from the world, isolation can be a time of growth and self- discovery. However, if a person is forced into isolation, like Gregor Samsa and the angel were, it has a completely different effect. For the angel in “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” and Gregor Samsa in “The Metamorphosis”, their isolation was physical as well as mental.

"No man is an island." This famous quotation explains the nature of man as a social being. It is truly a fact that human beings cannot exist in isolation. They need to be interdependent with each other in order to survive. This interdependence is needed because a human being alone will not be able to fill his own social needs, and his material necessities came from other people as well. All acts of society such as sex, love, and dependence are essential for the survival of any species. Interaction and socialization is the only way to prevent people from isolation, from solitude.

being separated means being alone. This is true of every creature, and it is true of man