Literary Analysis on Sadness and its Impact on Literature
Although one of our most common emotions we have as humans is sadness, it is also the
most complicated and misunderstood. Sometimes we cry when we are sad, sometimes we get
angry. We get sad because we physically got hurt, other times we are sad because someone
messed with us mentally. Even though being sad might just seem like a not so good feeling, it
can also cause health issues. Due to this sad feeling, it can bring on depression, PTSD, anxiety,
and many other medical disorders.
You see, more than two-million people suffer from some sort of depression in the United
States, which is mainly caused by a similar sad feeling. Depression is ordinary in this new age of
ours, and every human has at least…
Most, if not all, of his family and close friends died right before his eyes.
Although his most influential and creative books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel,
are what young children would explain as funny and adventurous, however there is a sad,
unnoticed narrative behind it. As such a beloved man, known around the world, why was his
death so troubling and sudden?
Speaking of depressing, Ernest Hemingway, during his last few years had writing
troubles of his own. Supposed to write a small report on Bull-Fighting in Spain, he was unable to
do so without help, even then, it wasn’t something he was proud of. A short time after that, he
was placed in a mental facility after his daughter had caught him holding his gun against his
head. Soon after being released, having lost most of his ability to write, he quickly committed
suicide. Why did a man, who had so much to live for, suddenly take his life?
All three writers suffered from some sort of mental illness, known commonly as
depression. In addition to being great authors, all three men died mysterious, abrupt deaths,
which still are undetermined today. Although their sad endings, I still wonder how they…
