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Alienation and Isolation
How Hunger develops Alienation and Isolation.
The protagonist wanders through Christiania as a solitary figure, disconnected from others, finding only fleeting, often delusional connections, and feeling like an outcast in a city that ignores his suffering.
Where it surfaces
- III
The narrator feels detached from society, wandering alone, interacting awkwardly with strangers, and experiencing a sense of being persecuted by the lame man's gaze.