When reading the chapter of Kokoro, the one thing that caught my attention was when Mary Anne told Schwalbe that missing people and being lonely are two different things(201). The reason why that caught my attention is because I have missed people before, which did made me feel lonely at times. Especially, when I went away for college. But what was true is that I was not lonely. I had family in Turlock checking up on me so I wouldn’t feel lonely. I never truly noticed that they were two separate things until I came across that quote. Which leads to one question have you ever felt lonely or did you just missed somebody before?