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Numerous people in this world have their own reasons for being alone but one main reason people choose to be alone today is because of family relationships or failure to connect with others. There are books, movies and new stories that discuss or illustrate how and why this happens. In the book Into the Wild it strongly emphasizes why Chris Mc Candless left society and chose to live in solitude. Chris Mc Candless choose to live in solitude because of corruption of society and his relationship with his family. Chris Mc Candless said “”. Another example of someone rejecting society because of family relationships is a guy named Shawn Wolley. Shawn Wolley was a fan, addict, and member of the Everquest online society. Shawn Wolley played Everquest 12 hours a day even though he had epilepsy. Wolley’s outrageous hours were fueled by family problems and his disorders. He eventually committed suicide one afternoon and had supposedly been playing Everquest before hand. My last example is about people that deal with autism and can’t communicate with other so they prefer to be alone. Three weeks ago I watched an episode of MTV true life. The episode I watched was about young adults and teenagers who are deaf. In the episode there was a boy named Chris who was born partially deaf. Most of his life he felt alone and chose to be alone because of his problem.

Sometimes people avoid others because of their personality or lack of responsibility. I witness this in my family and especially with my aunts who are single. I have been to a few aunts who are single and have been to there houses to either hang out or visit. When there it seems to be awkward because there not used to anyone living with them. For Example, one day I spent the day over my aunt’s house so I could go swimming. As I went in the refrigerator to grab some food there was only some sour cream, a bottle of water, and some celery. Being extremely hungry I rushed into her room and asked her “where is the food?” She answered by telling me that she goes out to eat. Another reason people prefer to be alone because of corruption in society. Examples of people who choose solitude are monks and hermits. Monks practice union with the body and mind. They do this by isolating themselves from society and worldly pleasures. Swami Sivananda a monk once said “Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.” This quote states why monks isolate themselves.

To conclude, people have their own reason for choosing to be alone. Some people choose to be alone because they can’t connect to others or you have never gotten along with your family. An Example I used was Chris Mc Candless isolation and how part of the reason he left was because of them. The second reason people prefer to be alone is because of personality and lack of responsibility. Finally people choose to isolate themselves because of self-corruption and the corruption of society. Monks choose to live in solitude because of this and those are the three reasons why people prefer to be alone.