Summary Of Marina Keegan's The Opposite Of Loneliness

Over the summer, I had the opportunity to read. A lot. When assigned to write this letter, I continued that trend by searching for relevant events you have been a part of, so I could connect my findings to the books I read. Evidently, from this lackluster introduction, I was unsuccessful in that pursuit. It’s not that I don’t have anything to say about the work you do, it’s just that I don’t think I’m qualified to tell you how to run a country, in particular, through the implied euphemisms of a book that you probably studied in your universities’ literature class.

The Opposite of Loneliness is a collection of essays and short stories all written by, the late and very talented Marina Keegan. Her life was taken so suddenly, five days after her graduation from the very prestigious ivy league school Yale, with magna cum laude. The intended audience for this collection of essays, and short stories were Keegan’s classmates from Yale. This book is about Keegan’s different encounters throughout college. She was determined to become an established writer so this book was some of her best pieces put together into a best-selling collection of her writings..

All throughout school, students are ask what we want to be when we grow up. Many of us know or have a pretty good idea, but others have no clue what they want to pursue as a career in life, whether it be furthering their education at a university or attending a technical school. There are other students that plan to start work right out of high school. Either way we all have a plan, and the purpose of this paper is to inform you of mine. I personally struggle in making big decisions like deciding what to do with my life, but then I realized I have been asking myself the wrong questions. Instead of asking what I want to be when I grow up, I asked myself what do I want out of life? what are some of my goals that I wish to achieve? This led

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Keegan directs her audience towards a proposal towards the future, and reassurance that it is never too late: to change one’s mind, start over, and set your heart to. The Opposite of Loneliness brings a sense of strength to the readers and brings a friendly wake up call that the best life endeavors have yet to

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