The Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger the main character‚ Holden is very secluded and alienated from the rest of the world. He is not alienated in a physical way‚ but in a mental way. Holden is a hypocritical misfit and shows the audience how lost he feels in his life. Holden is lost and confused‚ trying to find his way between two phases in his life. Holden uses alienation as defense mechanism for his self- protection from the outside world‚ and puts up a bitter wall around himself allowing no one to get close
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Despite being surrounded by others‚ many people tend to feel alone in society. This feeling of mental isolation is shown throughout J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. A sixteen-year-old boy‚ Holden Caulfield‚ wanders around New York City after being expelled from his most recent school and encounters numerous people‚ particularly women‚ before going back to his family. Though Holden tries to surround himself with others‚ he never seems to be able to connect to them. Holden is constantly trying
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Anne states‚ “Paper has more patience than people‚” (pg.6) confirming her thoughts about the people surrounding her. However‚ the statement could never have been truer for Anne until after entering the Secret Annex. The Secret Annex was a place of isolation where Anne had no one to relate to. In result‚ “Kitty” became her safe haven and her best friend when the conflicts of the Annex became too much to handle. Her mother’s‚
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In The Swan by Charles Baudelaire‚ the speaker suffers from isolation and depression caused by Paris’s rapid urbanization. Rather than openly presenting his strife‚ the speaker acknowledges people and animals who endured suffering‚ isolation and depression. More specifically‚ he acknowledges Andromache and a swan‚ which he encountered during Paris’s transitional period. The poem is organized into flashbacks or reflections which peel back Paris’s modern stature. The speaker relies on Andromache‚ a
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individual can lose all sense of self when denied the basic connections that life provides. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use‚” a young woman named Dee struggles to find her foundation. Unfortunately‚ her identity begins to disintegrate as a result of her isolation. Through the utilization of character development‚ Alice Walker illustrates Dee’s distinct inability to connect with the people around her. Dee’s failure to see the value of her family history is the most obvious portrayal of her disconnection.
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the withdrawal of individuals from social interaction‚ through various methods. With the world wide web being ever so convenient in the modern world‚ who would bother to get dressed and walk to the library when everything is sitting there on the web? For once in your life though‚ think of how much you are missing out on social opportunities and the changes the Internet has on your behaviour. The world wide web‚ despite being a giant museum that holds everything from the figure of pi to the pros
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The movie that I have chosen to resemble Erickson’s stage; Intimacy vs. Isolation is Endless Love. In this movie you have a young‚ beautiful‚ shy girl‚ who comes from a wealthy family‚ but throughout her four years of attending Atlanta high school‚ she has not made any friends. Jade‚ has engaged herself in trying to do well in school and wanting to be successful in memory of her brother‚ who passed away because of cancer. David Elliot‚ Jade’s classmate has had a crush on her throughout high school
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to show that people who make mistakes will often face consequences that isolate them from their society. Throughout the Scarlet Letter‚ Hester experiences the effects of isolation and the outcome of sin due to the corrupt rules and strict moral values in the society. In the eyes of the Puritan society Hester is a true sinner due to her committing adultery. While being on display for the
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Orlando(1928)‚ A Room Of One’s Own(1929)‚and The Waves(1931) are well-known to readers all over the world. Woolf had been living in patriarchal society ever since she was child. Some said that she was kind of self-made. As a matter of fact‚ she suffered from mental breakdowns all her life time. Due to her half-brother Gerald Duckworth’s sexual abuse‚ Virginia Woolf had an unquiet youth mingling with several emotional shocks. According to her diary‚ writing turned out to be Virginia’s main psychological
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Isolation of exosomes from human serum The initial volume of serum for the experiments was 4 mL per sample. The samples were diluted with an equal volume of PBS (AppliChem‚ St. Louis‚ MO) to decrease the viscosity. The diluted serum samples were centrifuged at 2‚000×g for 10 min and 10‚000×g for 30 min at 4 °C to remove dead cells and cell debris. The supernatant was transferred into Ultra-ClearTM tubes (Beckman Coulter‚ Indianapolis‚ IN) and centrifuged at 100‚000×g using a Beckman Optima XL-70
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