Lonely People, Big World

“Lonely People, Big World”
When you are engulfed in an imaginary world, you may become oblivious to the lack of companionship you may be experiencing in the real world. It can lead you to make decisions you would’ve never done if you were living in a realistic mindset. Miss. Brill, Eleanor Rigby, and Father Mckenzie all experienced a sense of denial, they believed they were serving some sort of purpose in the world when in reality they were considered “meaningless” by the rest of individuals.

I believe that the main theme shared between the two would have to be loneliness and alienation combined with oblivion. Eleanor Rigby “...lives in a dream”, she is living in an imaginary world with no way of escaping it because she has gotten to
Brill and Eleanor Rigby are both very similar to one another, especially how they perceive their lives in different ways than the rest of the world sees them. They all care about their appearances, they want to look good but it is unsure if they want to look good for themselves or for other people. It seems as if they want to be noticed but still they lurk in the shadows and never experience human interactions. There are two main characters in “Eleanor Rigby”, Father Mackenzie and Eleanor Rigby herself; Eleanor Rigby is described as it describes Eleanor as “[waiting] at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door… who is it for?” and Father Mackenzie “[darns] his socks at night when there’s nobody there… what does he care?”. Miss. Brill. Who is She? also dedicates her time and effort towards her appearance, at the beginning of the story, the author shows how much time Miss. Brill puts into making her little rogue fox fur new and beautiful. She even speaks to the nonliving fur and says “Dear little thing! It was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of its box that afternoon, shaken out the moth powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes.” It brings pathos into the story because you pity them for the effort they input into being “aesthetically pleasing” and nobody seems to notice, which gives us, as the readers, an opportunity to understand their feelings and what they are going through, although the characters are oblivious to the fact that no one cares. Miss. Brill, Eleanor Rigby, and Father Mackenzie are all living in an unconnected environment from the rest Of What?, they don’t realize that their efforts to fit in are far from working in their