Humans by nature desire to have connections with other individuals to have a sense of self-worth. Many factors contribute to these connections. The free verse novel The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick, the song Numb by Linkin Park, and the film The Matrix all demonstrate that some people purposely disconnect from connections with other individuals because to connect they would first have to change their personality, The choices of People's lives can hinder or help them form associations with other people, and the measure of how much a person belongs is defined by their popularity or social status among their peers. For most people, having relationships and connections with other people is essential to living a satisfying and fulfilling life, but some people are the exception and purposely lack the motivation to connect with others. These people justify their actions by stating that to connect they would first have to change their personality, an action they do not want to do. In The Simple Gift, Billy, the main character, describes his detachment from his hometown and especially from his father, someone he openly despises. Herrick used imagery to portray the town where Billy resides in "This Place Has Never Looked So Dilapidated and Beat Up." Billy, having this hatred for his city, has left his home and now plans to wander the streets as a homeless man. Even though Billy despised his hometown, he still had attachments to it, however negative they may have been, now being homeless he has lost these attachments, but he despises it perfectly because he felt that if he tried to belong to his hometown, the he would have done. he had to change himself and most likely end up like his father. The......medium of paper......becomes immensely popular among the people of Zion, hence the reason for its belonging.Analyzing the free verse novel The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick, the song Numb by Linkin Park and the movie The Matrix, it has been shown that some individuals deliberately separate themselves from having affinities with other individuals because to belong they would first have to alter their own personality, a person's life choices can hinder or support them in forming associations with other people, and a person's assessment of how much they belong is defined by their perceived popularity or social status among other citizens. The composers of the novel, song, and film have effectively demonstrated that humans by nature desire to have connections with other individuals to have a sense of personal worth. Works Cited Simple Gift, Matrix, and Linkin Park - Insensitive