Sammut, Dylan2014-05-272014-05-272014-05-14http://hdl.handle.net/10829/5904Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.My thesis explores themes of exile and isolation, and how it affects an individual and their mindset. But I write about more than just the prisoners; I write about the guards, the Warden, relatives to the prisoners, and even strangers who stumble across these men singing on an unfinished railroad. I wanted to try and figure out the different ways people try to connect to their environment, to those around them, and what happens when that fails, and why they do.en-USHonors thesisParchman FarmExileIsolationThesis