Authors have captivated readers by relating humanity's shared feeling of alienation in their literature. In 1860 Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations. Throughout this novel Pip, a lower-class Englishman, attempts to climb England's social ladder in hopes of winning Estella's affection. "The Metamorphosis," written by Franz Kafka, is a tale about Gregor Samsa being alienated from loved ones when he wakes up as a cockroach. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave is an autobiography which details Douglass' alienation from a normal life through the discrimination of slavery. Pip, Gregor, and Frederick Douglass are all alienated figuratively or literally from society. In each case money plays a large role in their lack of respect or acceptance.

When one is not accepted by society, he becomes an outsider to everyone around him. As many writers in the past have done, Charles Dickens...