Isolation In Lisa Moore's Summer

Society has always had certain views on what normal should be; and if a person doesn’t fit the picture then they are isolated away from others. People don’t accept different, they accept normal. In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls isolation is a problem. The Walls family had isolated themselves away from others; running away from Child Protection Services. The family constantly moves away from their problems.

Heather starts to bubble over and takes a leap of faith. She jumps in the car with her friend Chit to head west to go find herself and be who she wants to be. In a note she says to her family, “by the time you read this, I will be somewhere on the highway heading to the rocky mountains with Chit. I’ll call when I can. Don’t worry.

Fear, confusion, and hopelessness are just a few emotions that plague Annabel Lee in the novel Annabel Lee by Mike Nappa after her Uncle Truck locks her in a hidden shelter until he can ensure her safety and returns to free her. Annabel Lee has lived with her Uncle Truck for as long as she can remember, but when Truck shows up to her room in the early hours of the morning and tells her to follow him, she instantly grows afraid. Truck then leads her to a safe shelter that she had never even known existed and gives her his ravage dog that she can command using her limited knowledge of German. Once she is secured in the shelter, he gives her a key and tells her to lock the three dead-bolts until he returns and tells her the safe code. In this

Elizabeth Brewster’s “Jamie” uses imagery to convey the protagonist’s isolation and his longing for human connection. When Jamie turned sixteen, misfortune struck, making him deaf. He was completely morose and “walked about stunned by the terrible silence” unable to comprehend what had happened to him. “People moved mouths without a sound escaping”, this quote helps to understand the disorientation and the panic Jamie must be feeling not being able to hear anything. “He shuddered at the straining of their throats”, symbolizes Jamie’s insecurity which causes him to think that people are speaking about him and criticizing him.

Helen would have also been more prone to abuse, and other effects of low self-esteem. Some of the narcissistic characteristics Helen’s mother exhibits are her utter disregard for everything Helen says, speaking over her, her attention only engaged once benefits to her are involved, for instance: “Vice president! His income must be– does he know you’ve got a mother to support?” (Treadwell 17), and immediate overreaction to any criticism. Many children with narcissistic parents may have grown up in both neglectful and verbally abusive situations, but Helen’s situation would have been compounded beyond that as she seems to have grown up with only her mother as a parental figure. Helen’s father was revealed in the second act as, seemingly, long dead, leaving Helen alone to a single, powerful, influence. The Second character who exhibits the next most pressing issue is Helen’s husband, Mr. J, who proves himself to be a sexual predator. Helen’s physical repulsion such as when the Telephone Girl asks her “Why’d you flinch, kid?” (Treadwell 10) and her reactions to Mr. J touching her should really have been plenty of notice for him to stop. In the beginning, Mr. J has both status and rank, as her boss, over Helen, and this puts the relationship on shaky and inappropriate grounds due to Mr. J’s power over her. That he constantly touches her, treats her differently, and makes her feel indebted to

Her mother goes back and forth wanting her to stay and wanting Helen to be with her. Helen takes care of herself the same exact way her mother would. Her actions reflect a lot on her mother. Gilbert is struggling to become a U.S. citizen. It is hard for their parents to be there spiritual and not physical for support.

This book connects to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by having the right to live, be free, and be safe. Also no one can be tortured, treated with cruelty or made to feel less than human. Melinda isolated herself from her school because the people at her school is torturing her by avoiding her, leaving her alone. Melinda is not allowed to sit in a cafeteria table so she went to this abandoned janitor’s closet, where she feel safe, free, and no one can’t treat her like an animal.

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are two well written short stories that entail both similarities and differences. Both short stories were written in the late 1800’s early 1900’s and depict the era when women were viewed less important than men. The protagonist in each story is a woman, who is confined in solitary due to the men in their lives. The narrator in “A Rose for Emily” is the mutual voice of the townspeople of Jefferson, while Emily Grierson is the main character in the story that undergoes a sequence of bad events. The unnamed, female narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” is also the main character whose journal we read. This difference in tense gives each story a

Helen was once an actress and did commercials and she stills collects the videotapes from those days (Walker). Helen is now teaches drama and history. The book does not tell too much about Helen in the beginning but it lets the reader make inferences about who she once was by letting Julia compare her mother to how she once was. Helen comes down with the sickness and begins to slowly die. This slow death brings the family close again.

This shows that Helen knows she is responsible for the war and is the cause of many sufferings. She blames

The characteristics portrayed by Jessica exhibits many actions that would lead the reader to fabricate that she is encountering feelings of isolation. The Psychological Criticism definition of isolation is lack of emotional response to a stimulus that should instigate a strong emotional response. The young teen is so confused at this point in her life that many times she does not react the way most people would react in different situations. This trait is exhibited by Jessica as she is reacting in an odd way when facing the shocking news about her leg. The day after the accident, she wakes up in the hospital not knowing why she is there or what day it even is. As she opens her eyes, she sees her mother with red puffy eyes and the doctors tell

Helen has a need to find out what happen in her past with her relationship with her mother. Helen feels she

She wanted to be a role model for her children and at the same time, she wanted to become friend with them. Helen valued education, and she wanted Julie to go to college and have a successful life. However, after she found out that Julie had secretly being together with Tod, the poor, unambitious man. She was disappointed, betrayed, sad. Julie moved out of Helen’s home. Later, when Helen found out that Julie and her husband Tod had nowhere to live, she let them move in with her. She is a permissive parent, yet, she cares about her children, provides them as much support as she can. Helen stayed calm when Gary told her he wanted to live with his dad for a while. I can see her heart was bleeding when she heard her son’s words. She gave Gary his father’s phone number anyway, and Gary talked to his dad over the phone and figured out the cruel fact that his dad didn’t care for them anymore. Helen wanted to comfort Gary but he refused to talk. I felt Helen’s guilt and desperation at that moment. After she broke into Gary’s room and found out that Gary was carrying the bag that contains pornography, she immediately asked Tod’s help to talk to Gary. She had a chance to talk to Tod and had learned that Tod came from a broken family. She had a better idea of who Tod was and his help to Gary gained Helen’s respect. Helen supported Tod and helped her daughter Julie overcame the tough situation in marriage. Helen

The short story, A Rose for Emily focuses on the life of a mysterious woman, Emily Grierson. Living alone in an old square-frame house at one corner of the town, it's impossible for the townspeople to know the mysterious activities that happed behind the great walls of the ancient house Emily resides in. Her detachment from the society around her sends Miss Grierson into a lonely and depressing path. Throughout the story, conflicts ensue between Miss Grierson and the authorities as well as the townspeople due to her eccentric way of life. Through the character of Miss Emily Grierson, the story explores several themes that contribute significantly to the quality of the short story.

Images of confinement and escape in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin. Is shown all throughout the story, Mrs. Mallard felt trapped she did not seem happy at all. The feeling of freedom seemed to take over Mrs. Mallard body. Her exhaustion seems to confine her so when Mrs. Mallard heard the news about her husband. All she could think of is being alone and confining herself in a room where she can express how she truly feels. Mrs. Mallard felt tied down and exhausted from being trapped. Instead of her