A woman is sitting in her old, shuttered house. She knows she's alone in the world.
She has no clue who it could be, since she is the only person left living. She opens the door and it is the ghost of her late dog. She is so excited to see him at the door that she picks him up and gives him a hug. Imagine her astonishment when Ruffy calls out, "Hey! Let me down!" She is overcome with joy to have her best friend back. Now she has someone to talk to and share her thoughts with. She imagines all the fun times her and Ruffy will have again. She is so glad to have her best friend back in her life. .
She is underground in her cellar canning fruits and vegetables so she never even knows what is happening outside until she comes out of her cellar to find everyone and everything is dead. Everything is covered in lava and she is petrified. Parts of her house are no longer there and she is all alone. As they lay down to go to bed she realizes that she loves having Ruffy next to her. .
Now it is morning and they are awake. Ruffy explains to her exactly what happened that day. "I was sitting on the front porch watching the chickens run around and watching the kids play when I looked up and realized the volcano had erupted. I tried to bark to warn everyone but no one would listen to me. They just kept playing and doing what they were doing. I continued to try and get their attention until I could not try any longer. The lava was coming and within minutes she knew everything would be gone. But I was relieved because I knew you were down in the cellar and that you would make it through and be okay." .
She explains that she does not understand why the volcano erupted. It hadn't erupted in over 1,000 years. She wishes that the volcano would have taken her along with everyone else. She is miserable living all alone. There is no one to talk to and there is nothing to do. All the plants are dead.
Explication on "Lonely Hearts" "Lonely Hearts" is a villanelle; which consists of six rhymed stanzas in which two lines are repeated in a prescribed manner (Kennedy G33). Wendy Cope chose the title "Lonely Hearts" because the poem focuses on different personal ads. ...
However, these two characters suffer from a different type of loneliness, they kind of loneliness they have doesn't much involve people. ... Holden Caulfield in The catcher in the rye is a very lonely person. Even when he was young he was lonely, after his brother dies of course. ... Blanches loneliness started when her husband killed himself. ... Blanche also tries to fill that loneliness void by trying to find love. ...
The cultural strategy of lonely Planet is to attract creative individuals who will continue their innovative spirit after being hired. Lonely Plant accomplishes this by breaking down any traditional barriers that obstruct new ideas. ... The restructuring at Lonely Planet took on a Divisional Structure. ...
On the way they meet lonely ranch workers and show them friendship. But in the end, loneliness wins and dreams are left behind. ... He admitted that he is a very lonely man and needs "somebody-to be near him." ... It shows us that ignorance of friendship is the reason for loneliness. ... Loneliness wins and dreams are left behind. ...
In the story, both of the main characters appear to be very lonely. ... The characters spend money and laugh loudly, however only as an attempt to fit in, which really shows how lonely they are. Cisneros may have chosen loneliness as here theme because of her father and his past experiences. ... There they are isolated and alone like the lonely blue illumination of the moon on a dark night. ... Also her heritage and upbringing are responsible for the themes of loneliness in her stories. ...
We also get an insight of how lonely she is in this scene "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while?" (38), we can also see how some characters such as Curley's wife takes her loneliness up on others such as Crooks by threatening him, while Crooks, who is also extremely lonely, swallows his feeling of loneliness. ... Finally, Curley's wife's dream ends up as a result of oppression and loneliness. She becomes such a lonely person, which no one wants to talk to, that she ends speaking to the only person that might listen to her: the mentall...
The Burden of Loneliness: A Study of the Dominating Theme in Carson McCullers" "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" Loneliness is something that most people have experienced at one point or another in their life, and the emotional crush that comes with it is something that nobody enjoys. ... "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" is no exception. ... Each of the main characters deals with being lonely in one way or another. ... Many people have experienced what it feels like to be lonely. ... Copeland's loneliness is caused primarily by his stubbornness. ...
Loneliness is something that many people suffer from. ... Loneliness is a dominant theme in The House of Mirth. Lily Bart has been lonely all of her life. ... Other factors also contribute to Lily's loneliness. ... Loneliness is what killed Lily Bart. ...
Nature and Loneliness Poetry has themes in them that are at times hard to decipher. ... Each of these poems has the theme of nature and loneliness. ... In this sonnet loneliness is shown too because there is nothing pleasant said. ... In Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night" he shows loneliness again as a main theme. ... In "Tree at my Window" loneliness is again the theme. ...
In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, it is shown that loneliness is more than just a physical pain. It can be felt by one who is in a room with several people, or by one who has many friends. Sometimes it can even lead to extreme depression and can cause one to want to end their life. For example, Mick...
