We still see the echoes of this separateness in the stories of gunslingers and other lone wolves who have a place in the world of adventure, but not in our own.
We know that ISIL and other terrorist groups are actively encouraging people—around the world and in our country—to commit terrible acts of violence, often times as lone wolf actors.
Another misconception is the phenomenon of the 'lone wolf, ' who, for some reason, is done with the pack, leaves, and spends the rest of his life alone.