Isolation

Tarwater is faced with a very unusual upbringing. Ones culture and upbringing has a significant and permanent impact on how one view the world and self. For Tarwarter his kidnapping and upbringing separated him from society and placed him with a man whose violence and ‘religion’ defined his existence. This life truly affected Tarwater in ways even he could not understand. Moreover Tarwater has been denied knowledge. Due to his kidnapping at such a young age he was never given the opportunity to learn about the world. In fact the world in which he grew up was created for him. He was told who he was to be and what that meant. Thus when he is finally freed from this isolation his reaction to society surprise others, and confuse his caretakers. How does this extreme isolation impact Tarwater, how would it impact a child in todays society?