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Influence of popular culture in American society
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How does loneliness reflect society and the American Culture? Carson McCullers wrote “Loneliness...An American Malady” essay, which is a reaction to all America and society of today. Carson Mccullers was born on February the 19th of 1917, his sun sign was Aquarius. He was born in Columbus, Georgia, USA. His father's name was Lamar Smith and his mother's name was Marguerita Waters Smith. He had a sister that went by the name of Margarita G. Smith and a brother that was named Lamar Junior. Carson McCullers was actually born as Lula Carson Smith. Her spouse's name was Reeves McCullers, mr. McCullers later killed himself overdosing on sleeping pills, while trying to get his wife to overdose with in 1953. Carson's nationality was American and his
profession was short story writers, novelist, and Poets. Carson died on September 29th of 1967 in Nyack New York at the age of 50. Carson got his education from Columbus High School, Columbia University, and New York University. Carson wanted to be a musician, he received piano lessons from age of 10. Due to Carson having a fever called rheumatic, it made her change her plans. At the age of 15 her daddy bought her a typewriter. It influenced her career of writing, also because she couldn't do what she really wanted. In 1949 she had two strokes that paralyzed her. She was plagued by diseases which made it hard for her to live a normal life. Even though writing was not part of her plan she went on to write many novels and short stories. Carson McCullers decided to write Southern Gothic as a type of his writing. Southern Gothic is a literature type of Southern writing. This type of writing sometimes Supernatural elements but it mainly focuses on damages. Carson McCullers went on to pursue her new career of being a writer, she has wrote many novels and short stories. Her first novel she ever published in 1940 was The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, this novel was eventually adapted into a movie in the same year it was published. The second novel she had published in 1941 was Reflection in a Golden Eye. The third novel she published in 1946 was The Member of the Wedding. Her fourth and final novel published in 1961 was Clock Without Hands. She even had many shorts stories, the first short story she ever written was called Wunderkind published in 1936. Her second short story was The Jockey published in 1941. Her third short story was called Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland. Her fourth short story was The Sojourner published in 1950. Her fifth and final short story A Domestic Dilemma published in 1951. In Carson’s essay Loneliness...An American Malady the people feel lonely while trying to found out who they really are, rather than some trying to find there self alone, they look to the city of New York to not be feeling as if it is only them in this world. The author tried to get this point across by making people more worried about their needs and what they want in life, then to be worried about having a spouse/partner or even a friend to help them through this thing called life. Loneliness makes a person feel as if they are the only ones in the world and the world is on their shoulders. This is what the author was trying to make people see, he wanted them to see that they are so caught up in life they forgot there were other people around them, and instead of trying to let the people be apart of their life they just push them away.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses stereotypes and discrimination to convey a message of how the characters feel. A lot of the stereotypes and clichés are just common beliefs of the times, but a few are situational. To quote a quite distinguished reader, "Characters are ‘trapped’- either by what others think of them, or by their situation." A lot of the character’s feelings about themselves and what others think of them will lead to loneliness.
I-Chieh Chen (2015) in The study The Scale for the Loneliness of College Students in Taiwan (http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/download/46795/25238) stated that Loneliness was initially studied by Sullivan (1953) (A Peplau, D Perlman, LA Peplau… - Loneliness: A …, 1982 - peplaulab.ucla.edu) who proposed that loneliness was an unpleasant and intense experience related to unsatisfied requirements for intimacy (http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/download/46795/25238). Sullivan’s research was all but neglected in his time. This neglect lasted until 1973, when Weiss, an American scholar who was an adherent of Bowlby’s attachment theory, published an article entitled “Loneliness: the experience of emotional and social isolation” (RS Weiss - 1973 - psycnet.apa.org).
Stephen Marche Lets us know that loneliness is “not a state of being alone”, which he describes as external conditions rather than a psychological state. He states that “Solitude can be lovely. Crowded parties can be agony.”
Loneliness is the sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. John Steinbeck brought up the theme of loneliness in many characters in Of Mice and Men. Crooks, Curley?s wife, and Candy expressed the theme of loneliness in many different forms throughout the story. Early in the novella George said, life working as ranch hands is on the loneliness lives to live, for these people finding friendship seems to be impossible.
Of Mice and Men and The Fault in Our Stars are very similar in their themes. One of the themes they demonstrate in common include the negative effects of loneliness. Crooks, from Of Mice and Men, is a black man. His race has caused him to be lonely because no one was going to be friends with a crippled black man and all judge him for what they think he is. Crooks reflects on how important it is to have someone around and what loneliness does to a person: “‘A guy sets alone out here sets alone out here at night, maybe readin’ books or thinkin’ or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin’, an’ he got nothing to tell him what’s so an’ what ain’t so...
In Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, every character goes through changes in relationships and experiences a form of loneliness. From the opening scene of the play with the eerie solitude of the dead haunting over the funeral scene, to the final scene of the play with Prior sitting abandoned and alone before the Angel comes in; every character experiences loneliness in different ways. Angels in America proposes that relationships are not permanent and loneliness is a natural human experience.
“‘A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is… I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick,” (Steinbeck 73). In this statement, Crooks, a character in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, divulges what effect loneliness can have on a human being. In the novel, the two main characters escape to a ranch where they must face the conflict that seems to follow them. Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, Steinbeck brilliantly portrays the loneliness and suspicion that was common during the time. Much like in everyday life, we can see the way in which loneliness drives people to become isolated, crave companionship, and refuse to express emotion.
Loneliness is a reoccurring theme in all types of literature. “Eleanor Rigby,'; by John Lennon and Paul McCartney is a fine example of the theme of loneliness in poetry. The two characters in "Eleanor Rigby" are compared by their loneliness through the extensive use of symbols.
These lines portray that loneliness is merely a state of mind rather than a physical circumstance. Not only, but the line “I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another,” proves that while two individuals can physically be close, it does not mean that they are close intellectually (109). In other words, Thoreau not only believes that genuine loneliness derives from meaningless, mindless interaction, but also that solitude enables self-discovery and true
The search for a "higher level of consciousness" is one that seems to be as old as consciousness itself. Practices such as the ritualistic or religious consumption of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybe mushrooms or other such naturally-occuring hallucinogenic drugs, self-deprivation and transcendental meditation are just a few of the countless ways in which mankind has sought to expand the limits of human experience; these practices are still a mainstay in many modern countercultures. They are also very well-known and documented practices. There exists, however, a radical surgical procedure, as old as the aforementioned practices but far less notorious in the general public, which purports to result in the same sort of enlightenment: trepanation, also known as trephination.
The American Self is the common character and values of American people which evolved depending on governmental philosophy, religious belief, and economical aspiration from beginning of its formation to the present. Any of the change in the above factors would contribute to the evolution of the American Self. Over time, the American Self changed from communalism, whole hearted religious faith, and interest in material goods to individualism, self interests, and greed.
Kit Carson was born in Kentucky December 24, 1809. Kit Carson loved to read, write. Carson with his family moved to Howard County, Missouri.Kit also was the sixth of ten children. When Kit has been just nine years old, his father was killed in a tragic accident. His father, Lindsey Carson fought in the American Revolution 1775 a war in which the American colonies fought to win their independence from Great Britain. With a heart as tender as the most sensitive woman, a loving and trusting disposition, the most child-like innocence, he united the courage of a Coeur de Leon, the utmost firmness, the strongest will, and the best of common sense.
I hope to create a murals that represents my circumferential theme of loneliness. I chose this topic because it is such a prevalent and serious issue within the world. Loneliness however usually lends itself to many unfortunate result of depression. Depression is defined by Meriam Webster’s dictionary as being a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. Statics have shown that over 121 million people in the world currently are documented as being depressed and 80% of Americans are and do not adequately address the issue of the feeling. After reading the The Connection Gap: Why Americans Feel Alone by Laura Pappano and Dr. Rae Andre’s and Positive Solitude:
This paper explores the personal and situational factors that contribute to loneliness. Loneliness had debilitating effects on health. Therefore, it is important to understand how it comes about. Additionally, I examine potential ways of dealing with loneliness on both a personal and situational level. In the first section, I review the literature on the cause of loneliness from the perspectives of social and personality psychology. Social psychology suggests that many situational factors affect loneliness (e.g., age, ethnicity, and mental status). Personality psychology demonstrates that many personal factors affect loneliness (e.g., neuroticism, extraversion, and emotional stability). In the second section, I review research on how to cope
I feel uncomfortable in my own world. Being alone unnerves me. I always have felt the need to share my world, my mind and my feelings with somebody. My feelings about myself seem less important than what others think of me. I'm scared of being lonely. And so are we all. We all seem to be on a continuous search for someone who will really love and understand us. Someone to provide us with a purpose for life. And yet I think we are all essentially alone. We are alone in our thoughts an emotions.