The novel Girl, Stolen is a book about a blind girl named Cheyenne, who was kidnapped. The kidnapper, Griffin, was only trying to steal a car. But once he took it he noticed Cheyenne was asleep in the backseat and didn’t know what to do from there, so he took her to his dad’s house. Throughout the book Cheyenne learns that Griffin is around the same age as her but his father does not allow him to go to school. In many ways this alienates him from the outside world and by being stuck at home with his dad and his two workers all day, every day. He is also alienated because he got a scar on his neck from a fire which makes people not want to talk to him because they may think he is scary. Another way he is alienated is because the night of the fire his mother “left” and he was very close with her. He later found out that his parents had an argument when he was in the hospital, and his dad killed her. Cheyenne on the other hand is only alienated because of her being blind. Most people talk to the people she is with instead of directly talking to her or they acknowledge her guide dog instead. That makes her feel so out of place and sometimes sad. I really recommend this book if you are looking for an interesting book filled with cliffhangers.
Sincerely,
Tiauna Sessley
"Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man." - Thomas Carlyle
Prayer:
Sometimes I just do not know what to do with myself. I feel so isolated and alone. I hardy have any friends. And the ones that I do have don’t want to claim me around certain people. Yeah I know I should stop being friends with them because of that. But hey, they are literally my only friends. Even through our struggles I still love them. I cannot imagine life without them. As you know I live with my dad and he is a druggie. He makes me feel very isolated as well because when he is high, which is the majority of the time, I cannot talk to him about anything. And when he is sober I can only stand to be around him for a few minutes. I guess in a way I am isolating myself by not putting up with him but it’s just too much to handle sometimes. Even though I am a boy and we are supposed to be tough, I find myself sitting and crying in my room because I cannot handle the constant emotional pain. The pain comes from my mother’s death. I think about cutting myself to release the pain but I know that would not make you happy Lord. Just please help me get through this struggle in my life. It is so hard to handle sometimes. But I know I can do it knowing you are by my side.
In Jesus Name I Pray, Amen.
"Isolation is a dream killer" - Barbara Sher
Top Ten List:
Top Ten Ways To Help Myself Not Be Isolated.
- 1. Be more outgoing.
- 2. Stop hanging out with my old friends that are fake if they decide to not change.
- 3. Introduce myself to new people on my own.
- 4. Find peers that are similar to me and befriend them.
- 5. Talk to everyone in my classes.
- 6. Do not judge people by the way they look.
- 7. Dress better so more people will like me.
- 8. Get involved in extracurricular activities to find friends.
- 9. Get a better group of friends that will not act fake.
- Do not keep holding grudges over the people that hurt me.
"If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it." - Martha Beck
Photographs with captions.
this shows a girl very sad because she feels that she has no friends.
this picture is showing a girl and one of her "friends" making fun of her.
This guy feels very isolated.
"I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation." - Adam Arkin
Personal Letter
Dear Sally,
Why do you do this to me? Make me feel isolated and like I have no friends. Why are you best friends with me when we are alone, but when we are around other people you don’t know who I am? I really do not appreciate it. I think you should stop doing that because it seems as though I embarrass you. Do I? If not, then what? If you continue to act this way we can no longer be friends. I’m sorry, but that’s just how it is. I just can’t let myself be put through something like that anymore. I hate it. I feel like I cannot tell you anything anymore. If you want things to change then we should talk about this in person. I hope you can “man up” and be a true best friend.
Sincerely,
Your “bestfriend”
"At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone." - Boris Pasternak
Reflection
I chose the genres Personal letter, Prayer, Top ten list, and Photographs with Captions. I chose those because i felt that those were the genres that went best with my theme isolation. Also because i could be creative with it and make it interesting and fun to read. I had a few difficulties with this project. One was that i had a hard time trying to find a theme that was easy to write about, and that went with my book. Another thing that I had problems with is finding pictures about isolation. But i managed it all! I was not looking forward to doing this project at all, honestly. I thought I was not going to be creative with it, or have fun with it. . But I ended up enjoying it.
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