In the poem "Much Madness is Divinest Sense" by Emily Dickinson, the narrator, Emily Dickinson, distinguishes between madness and sanity: the beliefs of the majority constitutes sanity, and those who object are considered insane. It is not the non conformist free thinkers should be regarded as crazy, but the masses who assent to society's judgement who are the real mad ones. Emily Dickinson discuss the problem which was Sinclair's crisis and metal turmoil, the question he was driven with throughout his life: "I wanted only to try to live in accord with the prompetings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?" .
In her poem Dickinson describes people there are in society: people who comply to what they are supposed to do and believe, yet in all essence, they really do not understand what they do or believe in, and those people who rebel from what is normal and explore their surroundings, asking things that others dare to ask. If they rebel, people will think they are insane, and that will put a label on them. The first two lines make a statement about the individual. The next two lines concern themselves with the nature of society. The author says that if one goes with the society's expectations, he is accepted, if he does not, he is mad. Dickinson shows the outcomes of the society's judgement upon the individual's choice. Dickinson is trying to get the message to the individual, to the one willing to search for a deeper meaning in things. The last three lines separate the individual from the commonness of the majority. These lines inform the reader that to comply is to be considered sensible and left alone; to voice opposition and embrace one's internal chaos is to be considered risky to society's stability. .
Sinclair went against all the society's rules and believes and found it very hard to make it trough. But he did: he found himself, found everything he was looking for, even though it was odd, extraordinary and uncommon to the people around him.
