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    How would you handle the isolation of living in a small attic for two years? In the book The Diary of Anne Frank‚ by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett‚ Anne Frank had to hide in a small attic above her dad’s office from early July 1942‚ to August 4‚ 1944. Anne hid with her parents‚ sister‚ Peter‚ Peter’s parents‚ and Dussel. Through going into hiding‚ Anne responds to the isolation she faces with anger‚ sadness‚ and surprisingly hope. Anne did not have hope since the beginning but gained it along

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    unemployed and had to travel to look for work so it is showing George and Lennie traveling together to achive their dream‚ like everyone else in America‚ which is very unrealistic which is why they travel together. In the book there is a theme of loneliness. George and Lennie plan to buy a farm for just them two to live on so they wont have to worry about being lonely. "Well‚ we’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter‚ we’ll just say the hell with

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    Isolation in general has a lasting effect on a person’s growth and understanding. As isolation comes in different forms‚ the effect it has on the nature of man also varies. The one thing that all forms of isolation have in common is that they influence an individual’s growth in some way. Forced isolation is isolation that is involuntary‚ or against the will. Isolation in which an individual isolates himself or herself is considered self-inflicted. Both of these types have adverse effects on an individual’s

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    Hawthorne’s Works: Solitude and Isolation Julia Pesaresi Burns 3rd Period Pre-Ap English 20 February 96 Solitude and isolation are immense‚ powerful‚ and overcoming feelings. They possess the ability to destroy a person’s life by overwhelming it with gloom and darkness. Isolate is defined: to place or keep by itself‚ separate from others (Webster 381). Solitude is "the state of being alone" (Webster 655). Nathaniel Hawthorne uses these themes of solitude and isolation for the characters in several

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    The text “The Age of Loneliness Is Killing Us” is written by the author George Monbiot. Monbiot was an investigative journalist whose activities led him to be sentenced to death‚ shot and beaten up. He then moved to Britain and wrote an article concerning loneliness which was revealed in October 2014. This article led to the issue of an album “Breaking the Spell of Loneliness” two years later‚ which also tackled the epidemic of loneliness. In the article the author focuses on how our destructed society

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    Many people feel lonely or isolated. This problem is not new. In The Catcher In The Rye‚ J.D. Salinger talks about this issue using Holden‚the main character of the novel‚ to do so. In his novel‚ he uses the symbols of Allie and Holden’s red hunting hat to bring out and show Holden’s true emotions. When Holden is wearing the red hunting hat he is showing his desire to be alone and isolated from the rest of the world. one way the author shows this is when Holden is talking to ackley‚ “I pulled the

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    give a man a feeling of emptiness. This could make a man feel like he is worthless or useless. Aside from these feelings‚ loneliness can also make a man not want to commit to anything‚ these feeling can make a man do things that are not good for him. An example is these feelings can make a man start to drink out of moderation‚ get him to start smoking‚ or doing drugs. Loneliness can also make a man have thoughts of suicide which can also eventually lead to him actually committing

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    In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea‚ Jean Rhys repeatedly presents the idea of minority being considered as “other” through the theme of isolation and alienation of her characters and how isolation and alienation influence on the formation of characters’ identities. In Wide Sargasso Sea‚ different characters experience different types of isolation and alienation but Antoinette‚ the main character of this book‚ is the one who is isolated and alienated by the most due to her identity of being a Creole

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    Emotional and physical isolation in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein are the most pertinent and prevailing themes throughout the novel. These themes are so important because everything the monster‚ Victor‚ and Robert Walton do or feel directly relates to their poignant seclusion. The effects of this terrible burden have progressively damaging results upon the three. The first glimpse of isolation we see comes from Robert Walton. The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. Walton

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    is the main forms‚ and other directions vibration is relatively small. So we will analysis the situations of horizontal circular vibration in the following. The body of inertia cone crusher is located in the vibration isolation system. Set the shear elastic of vibration isolation system as K. the total mass of material in the crusher is M. the inertia force in any direction can be simplified as spring mass system by horizontal circular system. Because there is always hinder in the real vibration

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