Character Alienation is where the main character is isolated from the rest of the characters in the story. Alienation can be caused by several things, such as abusive relationships like in the story The Color Purple, or poor leadership such as the story, Lord of the Flies, in which both protagonists were alienated by their own people. In the book, "The Color Purple", Celie, the protagonist, is alienated by most of the important men in …showed first 75 words of 1454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1454 total…for joy like Celie did when she saw her sister again, Ralph cried knowing that nothing will ever be the same again. Whether you are in an abusive relationship or having poor leadership, the fact remains that you have to stand your ground. One has to be firm and assertive in order to earn other peoples' respect. Alienation tends to pull you away from people and that's what caused them have trouble in their lives.