Throughout the book‚ it is evident that Holden is running from so many things such as growing up‚ reality and people who are “phonies” as mentioned earlier. It seems that Holden is confused and trapped in memories from the past‚ that he is dealing with loneliness and isolates himself as a form of protection.“[…]I went into this phone booth. I felt like giving somebody a buzz […] but as soon as I was inside‚ I couldn’t think of anybody to call up. My brother D.B. was in Hollywood. My kid sister Phoebe […]
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Depression is also a symptom of PTSD. Holden is talking to someone that he knows is gone. The feeling of loneliness that he is feeling is another indicator of PTSD. He often feels alone and he thinks that the other people in his life do not want him there‚ which adds to his emotion of loneliness‚ which is an indicator of PTSD. Holden acknowledges the fact that he’s not thinking straight. He just knows that his head isn’t on straight. So he admits to
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Walking alone at night‚ for some‚ can seem like a peaceful thing to do‚ to help clear a person’s mind and let the day’s troubles disappear into the dark. For others‚ though‚ the night is when a person feels the most alone and must face their own demons. Robert Frost makes the night become that dark‚ grim and depressing time in which people reflect on themselves in his poem “Acquainted with the Night”. The first time reading the poem‚ one just simply thinks a person is taking a walk at night in the
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Along with the joys and happiness we experience there is also pain‚ sadness and loneliness. Hemingway’s "A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place‚" and Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both tell us about older men who are experiencing these dreadful emotions. <br> <br>In Hemingway’s short story there are three characters‚ two waiters and their customer. Of these three‚ two are older men who are experiencing extreme loneliness. The customer sits alone drinking his glasses of brandy slowly‚ and very carefully
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and deal with all their hardships as stated in these lines “So on we worked and waited for the light and went without meat and cursed the bread”‚ they can’t even buy meat but unlike them‚ Richard Cory gives up on hope. Perhaps he suffered from loneliness since the speaker makes no mention of friends or family. The emphasis is placed on his appearance and material success. The last line of this poem reveals its ironic truth‚ that the happiest façade masks an unhappy‚ lonely and incomplete individual
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Solitude A great American author‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ once said “I never found a companion that was as companionable as solitude” (Meditation Quotes). Some people mistake solitude for loneliness and try to escape solitude by being alone by always having people around them‚ a new boyfriend or girlfriend‚ or always being on there phone. But they don’t understand‚ isolation to me is a good and enjoyable event. People should always take some time of everyday to take time for themselves. But sometimes
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to look forward to every week and you have no other activities aside from this . Mr Jones the image imp getting here is you could maybe benefit from a different activity or a different direction in what you want to do with yourself‚ I feel the loneliness could be to do with a loss of friendship or breakdown of one as you have said that all you have to look forward to is the old men’s club what else did you have apart from the club ? ‚ My gut feeling is telling me that you are bored of the same
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‘Sylvia Plath uses startling imagery when writing about landscape’ I agree with this statement to a large extent. Sylvia Plath uses startling imagery to portray her heightened emotions using the nature around her to create her poems. Plath’s poems are mainly focused around the theme of death and depression. In Sylvia Plath’s poems‚ the rhythm is often non-up beat and uneven. This forms a more natural and vivid image of the nature and landscape around her. In addition‚ Plath’s use
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depression‚ which causes him to be stressed and have a lot of issues. Plot/conflict‚ and character analysis are two literary elements to support this. J.D Salinger describes Holden as mentally unstable‚ lonely‚ and depressed. An example of his loneliness and depression is when Sunny the prostitute leaves Holden alone in his hotel room after she finds out he doesn’t want to have sex with her‚ and he says: “I felt so depressed‚ you can’t even imagine. What I did‚ I started talking‚ sort of out loud
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chooses solitude. par. 13 Shows the difference between solitude and loneliness pars. 14-15 Describes a woman who is lonely par 16 There are rhetorical questions about the woman for the readers to ask themselves if they are lonely par. 17 Describes another lonely woman who lives in an apartment across the way par. 18 Shows that the Box Man chooses a life that is solitude than being lonely par. 19 Explains the thesis about loneliness and solitude par. 20 Children‚ teenagers‚ and adults understanding
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