Scared & Lonely in Catcher In The Rye “Don’t ever tell anybody anything. If you do‚ you start missing everybody”. (pg.126) The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger is about a boy named Holden Caulfield and his teenage struggles. This novel shows Holden’s life as he transfers from school to school and the difficulties in between them. Throughout the novel‚ it is easy to see that Holden has a hard time communicating with others. He struggles to say what he wants to say when he speaks to adults
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In the United States‚ 5.3 million people are living with Alzheimer’s and nearly 44 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s or dementia related disease‚ according to alzheimers.net (2016). As the disease progresses dementia patients become increasingly confused. Many forget who they are including losing most memories they once shared with their loved ones. In addition‚ as the disease progresses many individuals become depressed‚ anxious and agitated in dementia patients because of feeling lost and
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Normally‚ its difficult to tell if a child/teen has depression because its normal for a kid to be moody or sad growing up ("Depression in Children and Teens"). Symptoms of depression can be‚ but are not limited to‚ persistent sadness‚ loneliness‚ loss of appetite‚ insomnia‚ irritability‚ and feeling worthless or guilty (NIMH). An example from the novel would be Margaux. It would be very difficult to tell if she is depressed or just your average teenage girl. As previously stated‚ Koertge
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be considered a positive and constructive state of engagement with oneself. A state of being alone where you provide yourself time that can be used for reflection and sufficient company. It can also mean something devastating where depression and loneliness reeks from the absence of company. For writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe‚ solitude can be an opportunity to renew ourselves or an opportunity to seclude ourselves even more. Hawthorne’s social isolation and shyness was the subject
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phase in him. When the speaker implies to time by looking to the night sky and moon for the time‚ it provokes the lost connection within him (to the world). The personification given to the objects in the night only further hints his isolation and loneliness. In line 4‚ he speaks of a sad city lane‚ yet the lanes cannot express emotion. Then in lines 12-13 he states the moon “proclaimed” the time; but the moon has no human attributes to do so. He gives the objects around him human actions
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don’t have all those extra relations and connections that are constantly tying them down. On the negative side of things being an outsider is not for everybody and under certain situations being socially isolated may lead to an elevated feeling of loneliness‚ which can unfortunately lead to depression. Outcasts are essential and in many cases are celebrated and respected. They had to learn the hard way of developing themselves without the influence of others. Commonly outcasts are the strongest willed
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Lonely Miss Brill the Eavesdropper Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield is about a middle-aged English teacher who secretly listens to other people’s conversation due to her loneliness. Every weekend Miss Brill goes out to the parade in a park and listens to other people’s conversation because she has nobody to talk to but her fur coat. She treasures her fur coat as if it’s her pet and has conversations with it. Towards the end of the story‚ she realizes that nobody likes her‚ therefore she goes
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depression and keeping it away. But doing it on one’s own‚ it can be difficult to maintain perspective and sustain the effort required to beat depression‚ but the very nature of depression makes it difficult to reach out for help. However‚ isolation and loneliness make depression even worse‚ so maintaining close
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Causes of Depression Depression is a psychological disorder when the human being has negative thoughts and behaviors due to low mood caused by stress‚ overwork‚ or any other events. Among doctors depression is seen as an illness or disorder. When depression occurs‚ one might also have headache‚ slow speech‚ feel pain through entire body‚ digestion problems‚ and problems with sex. Depression happens to people of any age; every person experiences it differently. An old-age person with depression
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obviously Holden’s way of alienating the entire world and delaying the consequences of facing reality. Holden is also unable to believe that Allie is now in a better place. "You’d have liked him" (Salinger 38). His lack of personal motivation‚ and his loneliness. Since Holden has no one to turn to when he feels depressed‚ because he thinks that everybody is phony‚ this causes him to go into a deeper state of depression. Holden fell into a state of depression‚ because of the unfair fact that a kid as perfect
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