Analysis Of No Man Is An Island By John Donne

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There are over seven billion people in our world today and yet many of them claim that they are alone in life or that they feel lonely. Even in the small town of Worland, Wyoming that only has around five thousand people in it, no one is alone. Everyone knows somebody, everyone has a family member or a friend that lives here or nearby, and everyone has some sort of interaction with other human beings on a regular basis. I strongly agree with many of the things John Donne has to say in Meditation 17 and I do think that many of the points that he makes still apply to our world today. Whether you are the most antisocial person that you know or you’re the biggest people person you know, no one is alone and no one is an “island”. Personally, I believe that the saying “no man is an island” still applies today because everyone has some sort of interaction with other humans on a regular basis, everyone is affected by other human beings, and all human beings are connected a large number of ways.
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” (Page 489) To me, this means that John Donne thinks that every person is connected in some way or another and no one is alone. No matter how alone you feel, there is always someone there that you’re in contact with. Even if you think everyone is against you and nothing is going for you in life, you’re still not an island because there are still people there for you. It took two people to create you, at least one person to raise you after you were born, and numerous people to teach you the things that you know now. If you were truly on an island from the second you were born until the day you died, even then you couldn’t say you were alone. Because it took two people to create you and your mother had to be there when you were

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