Alienation and isolation
Also known as: estrangement
The condition of being estranged — from other people, from society, or from oneself — and the search for connection.
Alienation and isolation in fiction: 9 works
Odysseus endures ten years of separation from his home and family, returning as an unrecognized stranger in his own land.
People live in separate cells, communicating only through the Machine, utterly estranged.
Its horror lies in humanity's cosmic insignificance before an uncaring universe.
The protagonist's growing isolation as everyone around him is replaced drives the paranoia.
The scientists' failure to communicate underscores humanity's cosmic loneliness.
Relativistic time dilation leaves the soldier estranged from an Earth that ages centuries without him.
Addiction and paranoia dissolve the protagonist's connection to himself and others.
The remote Antarctic base traps the men in mutual distrust and dread.
The lonely protagonist's bond with an AI reflects modern estrangement and connection.
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