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Loneliness In Jeff Lemire's Trillium

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Jeff Lemire’s Trillium (2014) is set between two different time periods where William Pike embarks on a journey to find a lost temple in 1921. Whereas, Nika Temsmith is searching for a flower, called Trillium in order to cure a virus and save humanity in 3797. The medium that Trillium deploy is through images. Additionally, Trillium immensely impact the way I feel affectively, rhetorically, and epistemologically. By reading this comic book, the theme of loneliness is represented profoundly through the character of William and Nika as I felt a massive sympathy towards these characters. Moreover, their portrayal makes me feel that humans all share the same sense of loneliness, but what matters is the people we encounter along our path. Also,

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