The Theme Of Loneliness And Despair In Literature

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However, at the young age, the loneliness and despair has been depicted in the music, literature, and art, but nobody understand the meaning of loneliness and sadness unless they have experience did. For example in the story the younger waiter had no sympathy and respect for the old man because he is unexperienced and he is living happily life with his wife. As the author mentioned in the story about how the younger waiter react to the old man, I know." "I wouldn't want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing."” (380). this quote shows the younger waiter’s thought about old people. He is selfish and lacking in empathy, about inexperienced at life without realizing it how age look like. The younger waiter is unpleasant to the life of loneliness

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