Hazel Motes: Solitude and Its Consequences

Due to Hazel Motes having no family he was alone for the most part of his life. Hazel didn't get to learn his people skills. He became a very isolated character. With people always leaving Hazel, he was alone for long periods of time, and created a tendency to push people away. In this case Hazel is pushing Enoch away due to him having no family.”How long have you been here?”he inquired.Two days,”Haze muttered.”I been here two months,”Enoch said.”I work for the city. Where you work?””Not working”(O'Connor 40). Hazel is giving Enoch short conversation ending responses ,and he wouldn't even give Enoch a chance. Hazel is unable to carry a stable conversation and his isolated past is to blame. In this conversation alone the it is shown his lack

Even if Hazel had made friends the ending would of still remained the same. Family gives a sense of purpose, and sense of care for one another and if Hazel had that his fait could of changed. In this quote it shows that after he killed Solace, he felt a sense of guilt, and sin. He has accepted the fact that sin is real. At this time it was a all time low for Hazel and he needed his family, which could of gave him support and rehabilitate him. Hazel had no reason to be alive because he only had himself to accompany. If he had a family then he could maybe have a reason to live, he could think of the people he was hurting. In the end due to his lack of family it lead Hazel to his downfall of suicide. Toby is a lonely character, he has no father,mother,brother,sister, this 14 year old doesn't even have any friends. In the novel Citrus County Toby has a uncle who constantly is bashing on him and makes him feel inadequate.“This was a guy who never given toby a gift even a Christmas gift, who used to ground him for speaking too many words in a day, who used to slap him on the back when he had a nightmare….Toby had found that

Involuntary his lips formed the word “yes mam”…listen i came for the usual business”(O'Connor 30) Hazel has been struggling with his faith, so when he goes to the prostitute , he ignores his conscience and just does it, but it is also done to find the “truth”. He had just finished yelling at a taxi driver that he isn't a preacher, and he then goes to a prostitute, so it doesn't seem as if he is doing this to find the truth but to stop thinking about it. In this quote is shows how he wanted to leave, but he didn’t which shows lustful desires for her. It seems he knows he was right/wrong and just wanted to suppress his conscience. He showed his lustfulness when he couldn't even say “yes mam”. Although finding the truth could of been the plan , there are many ways to do it, but he chose the one that brings sexual enjoyment so it seems it was also for his own desires. Another example of Hazels ignorance is when he left Ms. Watts. “He leaned up and lifted it off and eased down by her side, but didn't look at her. There was only thought on his mind: he was going to buy a car…. he never thought before of buying a car: he had never even wanted one before…. By 6:30 he was down town looking for used cars”(O'Connor 63).In this quote it shows how he never wanted a car and suddenly wanted one. This