Loneliness
The downs about loneliness
An essay by Harry Staley
8th grade English
Pine Point School
November 22, 2010
Being lonely is a very harsh feeling which nobody wants to undergo. It is a very dull part of life but everybody goes through it at least a couple of times in their life. I know that being lonesome is a terrible feeling and that when I feel lonely I need someone to cheer me up. Being lonely is pretty rough but it is something that comes with life.
Have you ever pondered running away from home because you were lonely? When Dill lived with his mother, who had a new husband, he was deserted almost every day, because he had no one to interact with. Dill was so lonesome that he decided to run away from home, and go to Jem and Scouts house. When Dill arrived he said to Mr. Finch, “Mr. Finch, don’t tell Aunt Rachel to make me go back, please sir! I’ll just, run off again,” when Dill said this it made me think, this kid really hates where his home is. When dill first arrived at Jem and scouts house it was an extravagant surprise, because he was completely unexpected. When Jem and scout first noticed Dill they didn’t think it was Dill, They thought he was a snake. Jem and Scout were quite nervous until, “a filthy brown package shot from under the bed.” After all of the excitement was complete Dill told them the story of why he came because he felt he was unwanted.
The feeling of loneliness is not necessarily a noble feeling. I strongly dislike being lonely because it doesn’t bring any excitement to my life. When there is no action going on around me that is when I normally get into trouble because I get hyper and want to stir up some action. I get lonely all of the time and when there is nothing to do I always end up breaking something or getting into some serious trouble. When I get lonesome I try as hard as I can to think of the great times I’ve had over the summer, like when me and my mate Tony did backflips into enormous packs of red jelly fish and nervously laughing in pain. In those terrible times of isolation these thought are a great way to remember that I am not always secluded. I always love to think about those foolish times and wonder how terrible that could of ended up but thinking how lucky we are. Being abandoned is a very terrible but everyone has that feeling and moves right through it.
Being lonely really is a terrible feeling and absolutely nobody enjoys it because it is a rotten feeling. Jem definitely felt the same way and I don’t blame him because it is just the worst. If I were in the same situation he was I would have probably done the same thing. Being lonely is a very awful feeling.
