A Lone Journey Analysis
For my personal response assignment I chose A Lone Journey by Aakash Pirani. This story was about a ship sent to space with a bunch of sick people and one captain whose name was Captain Lone. This captain was sent out to space with no one to talk but an emotionless A.I computer, after 263 days without contact with another human Captain Lone could not handle it and committed suicide. I noticed in this story that it really explains the sadness of being alone and not being able to talk or connect with a human being. Also in context with reality this how people feel alone in the middle of space no one to communicate with and it makes them want to quit and maybe just give up and not feel the pain of having someone to talk, someone to love. Honestly,
if I was left alone with no one to talk but a talking computer with no emotion I would have gone insane and killed myself too. This story made me really admire the strength and determination of people who get lost in the wild by themselves for months and years and yet still keep going, keep fighting and until they can’t fight anymore. Dr. Seuss once said “All alone!” Whether you like it or not alone is something you’ll be quite a lot. I found this statement to be true, because there are many moments in life doesn’t matter that you are how smart, rich or athletic you are you will still have those moments when you feel like, hello? Is anybody there? It is going to happen eventually and more than once, twice or even 10 times. But what makes all of our type’s loneliness different is the way we respond to it. Some people may decide hide it with a bright smile, nice clothes, happy- go- luck attitude while others may actively show it by not connecting with others. But the truth is that deep down we are all alone and just need someone to lean on, someone to be there for them through the thick and thin. This makes me wonder the true definition of happiness, because according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the definition of happiness “is to showing or causing feelings of pleasure and enjoyment”, but really how can there be a definition when no one is really happy. In life everyone has problems, not matter how small or how big no one is truly and eternally happy. No matter how old or young you still live with regrets broken problems and so much more. So, as I conclude my personal response I ask myself, what is happiness?
if I was left alone with no one to talk but a talking computer with no emotion I would have gone insane and killed myself too. This story made me really admire the strength and determination of people who get lost in the wild by themselves for months and years and yet still keep going, keep fighting and until they can’t fight anymore. Dr. Seuss once said “All alone!” Whether you like it or not alone is something you’ll be quite a lot. I found this statement to be true, because there are many moments in life doesn’t matter that you are how smart, rich or athletic you are you will still have those moments when you feel like, hello? Is anybody there? It is going to happen eventually and more than once, twice or even 10 times. But what makes all of our type’s loneliness different is the way we respond to it. Some people may decide hide it with a bright smile, nice clothes, happy- go- luck attitude while others may actively show it by not connecting with others. But the truth is that deep down we are all alone and just need someone to lean on, someone to be there for them through the thick and thin. This makes me wonder the true definition of happiness, because according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary the definition of happiness “is to showing or causing feelings of pleasure and enjoyment”, but really how can there be a definition when no one is really happy. In life everyone has problems, not matter how small or how big no one is truly and eternally happy. No matter how old or young you still live with regrets broken problems and so much more. So, as I conclude my personal response I ask myself, what is happiness?