Abstract
Alienation can be defined as a feeling of isolation caused by discriminatory acts. A person may feel alienated because of his race, disabilities, social standing or simply through the thoughtlessness of others. The study of the causes and results of alienation, as well as remedies, is primarily the work of philosophers, psychologists and sociologists. However, authors of novels and short stories also look at this problem from both the personal and social point of view. In this paper, through the works from Afro-American literature, we hear the cries of Negro authors for equality of the Black in a white man's society. The author then uses these works as a means of self-examination in the hope that the reader will think about his duty, as a member of society and as an individual, to help create a society free from the causes of alienation and to be always on his guard that his words and actions do not cause feelings of alienation in himself or others.
