I haven’t lived in New york City my whole life. But for the time that I have been here, I can attest to the loneliness an overwhelming population can bring. And that’s the same experience Julius has throughout almost every interaction. It begins with the standard experience of being on the street, seeing people, and being more isolated than you would be at home. It then extends to his interactions with a mentor. The mentor lectures to him and responds to his prompts. But it never gets personal. And the relationship almost has a professional quality to it. Exiting this interaction, he is faced with the NYC marathon and finds himself talking to a runner. Again, the runner has no one. Here is an individual who performed an incredible feat and was left alone. He had no family or friends. Julius begins to make comparisons between the marathon, his walks, and the subway. You can go at any pace, absorb any quantity of information, accomplish a lifetime’s worth of achievements, and still be left alone. There’s no one here for you. A city full of people whose existences are almost inconsequential to one and other.