Loneliness
is a fact of life for many people,
and thein 's are no different. Here are
two scenes from
the book that are tinged with a sense of loneliness.
Early
in
the novel, in ,introduces her family and her community to the reader. When
she mentions her
mother, she explains that she was so young when her mother
died that she never knew her well
enough to miss her; however,was older, and
Scout describes a scene that would happen sometimes
when they were playing
together. Without warning, Jem would sigh and then remove himself to go
and
be alone. The subtext of this description emphasizes the loneliness of a young boy who
has
lost his mother too early.
Scout's descriptions of
the Radley house, also in
chapter 1, heighten the sense of loneliness that
surrounds the place. On Sundays in particular,
Scout describes a lonely
scene: a house with shutters and doors closed. This message of the
Radleys'
rejection of the outside world...
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