"The Long Loneliness"

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the book, "The Long Loneliness" by Dorothy Day. Specifically, it offers a reflection and analysis of the book in light of the author's contribution to the unfortunate. Dorothy Day was an amazing woman who founded the Catholic Worker Movement, and spent the majority of her life helping those less fortunate in the world. She was a remarkable woman, and "The Long Loneliness" is her autobiography.

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"Dorothy Day's life certainly was not traditional. As she herself noted, "Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them" (Day 16). As a young woman, she was a devout radical and Socialist. She had a child out of wedlock. She was a prolific writer, and most of all, after she turned 30; she was completely devoted to the Catholic Church and the Catholic Worker Movement, which she and friend Peter Maurin founded together. She writes often of her deep feelings for her religion, and how difficult it is to remain devout."

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