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Katie Cugini Cugini 1
Mrs. Greco
English IV – 2
April 11, 2007
Loneliness
Loneliness is a very real and relatable feeling that all living things can experience. Therefore, the theme of loneliness has been expressed in several forms of art like music or movies. In the classic Disney movie, The Beauty and the Beast, the movie Castaway, and the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, all of the main characters are dealing with some form of loneliness. Also, in the classic song All By Myself by Eric Carmen and Long Trip Alone by Dierks Bentley the singer expresses their fear of being alone and how they don’t want to be all by themselves.
In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Beast hides away in his castle, with only his castle servants for company. The Beast was put under a curse that makes him hideous until he learned to love another, and that person loved him back. He spent ten miserable years alone and unloved, and this made the Beast very bitter. Then, he met Belle, who was also lonely in another sense. She felt trapped in her village, and desired to see the world. The two learned to see past each others differences and fell in love. The loneliness they both felt was overcome by their love for each other.
The 2001 movie, Castaway, starring Tom Hanks is the ultimate story of learning to survive nature and loneliness. The main character, Chuck Noland, finds him self stranded on an island after a plane crash. He must learn to survive on the island, while being all-alone. Without the companionship of another human being, Chuck turns to
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volleyball that he names Wilson. He paints a face on it, and talks to Wilson like he is his friend. Having something to talk to, even if it couldn’t talk back, kept Chuck from losing hope and giving up on survival. Despite Wilson, Chuck was so lonely on the deserted island he contemplated suicide many times. This movie was a great example of how a strong will to live can overcome the depression and loneliness that comes with being isolated.
In Universal Picture’s, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch also represents a lonely person. He was banished and rejected from Whoville, and lives all alone on top of Mt. Crumpit. His only companion is his dog, Max, who can’t talk back to the Grinch. The Grinch is forced to live without any interaction with others, and this makes him very bitter and angry. Despite his anger and bitterness, the Grinch is truly seeking companionship and is accepted into Whoville after he reconciles with the Whos.
The classic song, All By Myself, also expresses the feelings of someone who is lonely. The singer says “don’t wanna be all by myself.” This song represents the human spirit because as humans we need love and companionship. Nobody wants to “live all alone” or have no friends like the person in the song does. Another song that conveys the theme of loneliness is Long Trop Alone by Dierks Bentley. He talks about how life can be long and lonely when your all alone, but its much easier and more enjoyable when you have someone at your side. He also expresses that life is short, too short to go through it lonely and friendless.
All of these movies and songs have one thing in common, the people or characters
are lonely and are seeking companionship. Friendship is what ended all of these cases of
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loneliness and friendship is what keeps us from becoming lonely. Loneliness is something that everyone experiences at one point or another in their lives, that is why it is a very common theme in songs and movies.