Alienation: Causing Retreat Deeper and Deeper Into Yourself
“Alienation”
Loneliness has drawn the attention of poets, song writers and philosophers for centuries and has motivated them to write some of their best works. I have sought out loneliness as a topic to study. In fact, at times I would have to admit that loneliness has often worn veils that made it difficult to identify. Tricked into believing that being in the presence of company would cure loneliness, I invested time in to identifying the cause only to see that the personal experiences associated with loneliness seem to vary as much as the people that were bold enough to admit they struggled with this challenge. Alienation can be defined as “a withdrawing or separation of a person or a person 's affections from an object or position of former attachment”. Hence this denouement is caused when a person is incapable of feeling any rewarding gratification from their social connections; the individual’s morale begins to differ from the norm, ergo generating bouts of isolation. Subsequently, it is suggested that alienation can assemble many forms of emotions; however in its most simplified adaptation, the equivalence is that of fear, guilt and (or) resentment. Isolation is a self-feeding cancer that will encapsulate then devour your entire life and being. It affects every area of your life causing you to retreat deeper and deeper into yourself. You find yourself longing to feel needed and appreciated but when that desire is not recognized, you slip deeper into isolationism.
In the story Metamorphosis by Frantz Kafka, Kafka depicts the life of a young man named Gregor whom inadvertently undergoes an extreme physical transformation; in which a myriad of society including his family repudiates him. This story is a considerable example of a character that becomes alienated because of his outward appearance. However, the irony takes place long before his transformation takes place, the
Loneliness has drawn the attention of poets, song writers and philosophers for centuries and has motivated them to write some of their best works. I have sought out loneliness as a topic to study. In fact, at times I would have to admit that loneliness has often worn veils that made it difficult to identify. Tricked into believing that being in the presence of company would cure loneliness, I invested time in to identifying the cause only to see that the personal experiences associated with loneliness seem to vary as much as the people that were bold enough to admit they struggled with this challenge. Alienation can be defined as “a withdrawing or separation of a person or a person 's affections from an object or position of former attachment”. Hence this denouement is caused when a person is incapable of feeling any rewarding gratification from their social connections; the individual’s morale begins to differ from the norm, ergo generating bouts of isolation. Subsequently, it is suggested that alienation can assemble many forms of emotions; however in its most simplified adaptation, the equivalence is that of fear, guilt and (or) resentment. Isolation is a self-feeding cancer that will encapsulate then devour your entire life and being. It affects every area of your life causing you to retreat deeper and deeper into yourself. You find yourself longing to feel needed and appreciated but when that desire is not recognized, you slip deeper into isolationism.
In the story Metamorphosis by Frantz Kafka, Kafka depicts the life of a young man named Gregor whom inadvertently undergoes an extreme physical transformation; in which a myriad of society including his family repudiates him. This story is a considerable example of a character that becomes alienated because of his outward appearance. However, the irony takes place long before his transformation takes place, the
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