Language is also used as a weapon when Miss Lonelyhearts has a man vs. self conflict. Shike takes everything as a joke like when he said, “Even if he were to have a genuine religious experience it would be personal and so meaningless except to a physiologist.” (p.15). Miss Loneyhearts has an agnostic belief where he uses the influence of god for his art but doesn’t know if he fully accepts god himself. He doesn’t love himself and has a disability to connect with people. The only person he seems to connect with was Mr. Doyle and he was a reason for his death. This relates to one of Jesus’ disciples that ended up