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The individual and his role in society, based on American Literature, is portrayed through many different characters, all sharing the same feelings of isolation. The feeling of isolation, in reference to Huckleberry Finn , is a choice that Huck Finn brings on himself. Throughout rebellion towards his father, Huck tries to find his true self by isolating himself from societies views and beliefs. In the novel Great Gatsby , by F. Scoot Fitzgerald, Jay Gatsby was isolated from the outside world by society. Throughout many examples of American Literature we are aware that isolation was not a pleasurable state of freedom, but more like a state of imprisonment brought on by society. In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lenny was isolated by societies fear of difference. Society was prejudice against Lenny's differences. This caused isolation in both societies standards and in Lenny's mind. Throughout many images portrayed by American Literature, the recurring theme of isolation is a role that......

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