The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner‚ by Alan Sillitoe deals with an athlete facing conformity. Smith‚ Sillitoe’s character is a young "rebel‚" who is in a borstal for stealing money from a neighborhood bakery. Smith is a long-distance runner‚ who runs every morning while in the borstal. The borstal governor keeps on top of Smith to keep running and win the "Borstal Blue Ribbon Prize Cup for Long Distance Cross-Country Running (All England)." Throughout
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of The Long Loneliness By: Alec Desch Joshua Lollar 12/15/14 As I ran my finger down the list of novels and memoirs‚ my mind was troubled because I was very unsure of which topic I should pick. I read the prompt beforehand‚ so I knew that the book I choose had to hit me at heart and really implement a message. So I did some research on a couple of books and their authors and my search was abruptly halted when I came across the memoir‚ The Long Loneliness‚ by Dorothy
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The Long Loneliness is the autobiography of Dorothy day; she was a sincere convert to Catholicism‚ social activist and American journalist. Also. She is a famous writer and she was the founder of The Catholic worker. This book is about her experiencing events where she feels isolated and sometimes lonely. She describes events from her life when she felt those feelings and emotions. There are multiple of causes of here loneliness‚ which she talks about in all three stages in her life. First‚ She talks
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During a time our country faced immense inequality‚ violence and a social uprising‚ Dorothy Day was able to pursue these radical causes with her objective to transform society through her spirit and faith in God. In her autobiography‚ The Long Loneliness‚ she explains her life endeavors through three different timeframes; her time of “Searching‚” her time of “Natural Happiness‚” and a time where she believed that “Love is the Measure.” In the first section of the reading‚ we discover how Dorothy
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Dual Nature of British Society－The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner I. Introduce I am interested in the British schools‚ especially public school. The public school does not mean “state school” like Japan. The public school is the school to nurture the human resources to be active in public. It is like a private high school in Japan and costs much money to graduate. The public school in the UK was built for upper-class students. Also‚ it is a boarding school. First of all‚ I was going
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�PAGE � Larabee �PAGE �1� Nichole Larabee Professor Jett English B1A February 2‚ 2014 Loneliness in "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" Brian Aldiss ’s "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" is a short story that depicts on how Monica is alone‚ David isn ’t real‚ and Henry just feeds into Monica ’s loneliness "An over crowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely."(Aldiss 112) David ’s sole purpose is to fill a void with Mrs. Swinton‚ but it is hard to see a child who you want to love but
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“Language… has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word ‘solitude’ to express the glory of being alone.” Does your study of texts support this perspective? Loneliness and solitude are closely juxtaposed to show the over all effect of going it alone. The great Gatsby supports this perspective as it contrasts solitude and loneliness through the protagonist Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. Beneath the clouds shows the aspects of facing isolation when
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Loneliness can tear people down‚ and make people feel like they have no one to turn at the rough patches in life. In the fictional novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck illustrates the way loneliness can negatively affect people. The novella depicts the way that George and Lennie wander California‚ and then settle into a ranch as workers. Men come and go at the ranch‚ all wanting to achieve their dreams of owning land‚ but the loners never actually make their dream a reality. The workers
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Since the beginning of it all‚ children are taught that as long as they have fun then everybody won. However‚ at some point between puberty and the stage of adolescence the fun begins to fade and competition becomes the aspect of every teen’s life. As athletes the teaching of technique and skill are drilled into the lifestyle‚ as scholars the teaching of studies and participating in other extra curriculars are the main focus and as outsiders the teaching of becoming insiders brings happiness to their
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Loneliness Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation. Loneliness typically includes anxious feelings about a lack of connectedness or communality with other beings‚ both in the present and extending into the future. As such‚ loneliness can be felt even when surrounded by other people. The causes of loneliness are varied and include social‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and spiritual factors. Research has shown that loneliness is widely prevalent throughout society among
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