We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.

William Golding
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Alfred Tennyson said, “We’re all mad, the whole damned race. We’re wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we’re all mad and in solitary confinement.” While it is true that we are all mad, this quote does not tell us why we are all mad. We know that we are all born equal and that people should not be discriminated against on the basis of their race. However, this quote only tells us that we are all mad and that there is something wrong with society. It doesn’t tell us what that something wrong is or how to fix it.

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