Disconnection Essay

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“People desire the freedom to be themselves but more often than not, the fear of rejection or disapproval drives them to compromise their individuality.”(Erochina, para.) At the core of human existence, there is a need to connect to other humans, the truth is, disconnection reveals one’s true nature. A person will disconnect from their family when all they feel is misery due to the neglect that they feel from their family. The community that they live in is then the one place where they try and find themselves after they leave the idea of the family; then the decision to disconnect from their community becomes the phase that occurs next. Their true nature can then no longer be found within the environment and location they grew up knowing they result to separation from the world they know and go off by themselves.

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