Being Lonely Maya Research Paper

Being lonely can come with a series of events that became a buildup of feeling disapproved by people. This can be a growing pain for some like Maya in the book. She became distant from her brother as they grew older and faced different challenges. She also was separated from her parents and was taken to her Grandma. She did not know how to react to the change at first but learned to grow on her own.
Maya and her brother were close when they were younger and lived with their Grandma. Bailey began to become more isolated to himself as he grew older. He began to hang with new friends while Maya was left alone at the store. Her loneliness led her to become vulnerable and no one to go to who would really understood her. She could not go to her Grandma because she was not to sensitive towards people. An article states, “There are lots of myths surrounding partnering any children, such as the belief that they are more likely to be “spoiled” or to grow up lonely or with fewer social skills than other children.” Maya may not have been an only child, but still faced being neglected after being separated from her parents and then slowly from her brother. Maya and her brother were also neglected from their parents after they divorced. “Our parents had decided to put an end to their calamitous marriage, and Father shipped us home to his mother” as Maya stated. Growing apart from people as you get older is normal for most people but for Maya it made it harder for her to be
Her brother slowly separating from her made it more difficult for her to find her own voice in life. He was her safety net in life but she became her own as she grew older. Maya never fit in to any place she went which made her feel outcast. She had to develop a backbone to be able to live independent and work with what she was