Project One: What Happens in a State of Solitude?

Project One: What Happens in a State of Solitude?

Introduction

Solitude represents a condition of loneliness in which a human being is socially isolated from the society and even the relationships. There are diverse arguments regarding the outcomes of solitude when it is adapted by an individual. Some people consider solitude as a constructive phase of life as it improves and deepens the thinning and mind frame of an individual. Nonetheless, others consider solitude as a destructive phase of life in which an individual remains socially inactive due to which there are several concerns that he come across in his life. However, solitude in certain propositions is certainly productive phenomenon as great scientists, poets and philosophers had adapted solitude before they presented their masterpieces to the world. The fame and mark on history left by these individuals is due to their solitude adoption as it refined and improved their thinking and frame of mind. The purpose of this paper is to enlighten and discuss that incidents or events that happen during solitude in context of diverse literary masterpieces. The sources selected to enlighten solitude in this paper refer to different dimensions and view in order to effectively reflect what happens in state of solitude.

Where I Lived, and What I Lived for

In this essay, this author Henry David Thoreau, starts off by sharing the experience of his life and narrates the story of his journey into the woods on purpose for a certain twist in his lifestyle in order to acknowledge the most significant realities of life. Moreover, he attempted to go for certain experience in order to learn before he starts to teach certain realities of life. He believed that death is an end to the exploration and discoveries to be encountered by an individual; hence, he must choose this journey in order to explore the contemporary experience of his life. The author of this essay acknowledges the fact that life must be simple; however, must discover the realities of life. The author asserts that "let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail." The belief of Thoreau are established on the fact the nation is a dense and cumbersome institution; moreover, heedless expenses and luxury ruin the individuals comprising it, such as railroads, then we stay home and mind our business. "We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us," (Dillman, Thoreau, 2001, 106-119). Whenever a person wakes up from a night's sleep or a nap, the first thought that comes to mind is, "What's the news?" Thoreau feels that once something happens once, such as a murder or robbery, that we do not need newspapers to tell us the same thing over again (Dillman, Thoreau, 2001, 106-119).

Once is enough, after that, the news becomes gossip. Whether we live life fast or slow, what is meant to be will be? The ...