In the poem “Jamie” by Elizabeth Brewster, Brewster describes the feeling of people being isolated and different from the rest of society. By describing the life of the protagonist Jamie, suddenly deaf at the age of sixteen, the author manages to convey the bitterness and anger of people's loneliness. In the story, Jamie had no friends and lived alone in the woods. This clearly shows that Jamie was alone. He experienced loneliness, bitterness, anger, and being a social outcast throughout the poem. The character Jamie could be seen as representing those who no longer have interest and passion in their lives. The poem begins, “When Jamie was sixteen, he suddenly became deaf. There were no more songs, no voices.” This part of the poem illustrates the difference between the normal life of a normal teenager and the silent world Jamie lives in. The age of sixteen is considered a very special age for most teenagers. It is the age when you strive and try to make your dreams come true. It's also the most important time to interact with your friends and develop friendships. So when Jamie lost his sense of hearing, he was unable to live a normal life as a teenager, which turned Jamie into a bitter person. He felt as if he had been distanced from society, because he could no longer relate to his friends or interact with them. This ultimately led to Jamie becoming a social outcast. “He walked stunned by the terrible silence. Kicking a stick, banging your knuckles on doors. As Jamie kicked a stick, rapped his knuckles on doors, he was trying to hear the sound that everyone can hear, but then he noticed that he was surrounded only by silence. “He felt a spell of… middle of paper… freedom in the dream, but in the real world he was still deaf, not very talkative, lonely, and a social outcast. When he realized the truth, he became angry and cut off the necks of the pine trees. The pine trees represent the people around Jamie. Jamie wanted to kill them because he thought they were making fun of him because he is deaf. The last line of the poem shows Jamie's anger and frustration at being deaf. In the poem "Jamie" by Elizabeth Brewster, Brewster conveys the feeling of being isolated from the rest of society. By becoming deaf, people experienced bitterness, loneliness, and anger, and eventually became social outcasts and as talkative as a stone. But if we have desire and passion for our life, we also have disability; we would have a better life. Through the poem “Jamie”, the author also illustrates the importance of having desire for our life.