Our Lonely Indoor Lives Analysis

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John Burroughs once said “I go to nature to be soothed, healed and have my senses put in order.” In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, young scientist Victor Frankenstein fails to follow this philosophy. He creates a monster with a science experiment and causes all sorts of problems in his life. This is supported in “Our Lonely Indoor Lives” by Hannah Seo. The author talks about the negative effects that come with not being in nature as well as the effect needs he leaves his creature which is supported “Karen Horney:Life,Theories and Contributions To Psychology ”by Charlotte Nickerson which talks about the basic needs for people to feel fulfilled.Through the employment of characterization and conflict,Shelley argues that a lack of connection to people and nature can lead one to isolation and depression. …show more content…

After Victor leaves his family to go to college he lives in a tower and decides not to leave”my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.And the same feelings that made me neglect those scenes made me forget my friends ”(Shelley 43).This reveals Victor’s issues of his lack of connection leaving him to leave behind everyone he cares for. Shelley gives Victor this conflict as a connection to real life and the real issues that may arise when we stray away from nature.Seo also cultivates this idea in her article when talking about the importance of being outside “Time spent in natural spaces might contribute to a greater sense of belonging in part because it usually requires you to be in a public space” (Seo para.9).Seo argues this to expose the importance of actually being outside and around people. Both Shelley uses characterization and Seo uses this as a way to talk about the issues of not having a connection with the outside can make you suffer in the long run, making you lack

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