“The life of man is a struggle on earth. But without a cross, without a struggle, we get nowhere. The victory will be ours if we continue our efforts courageously, even when at times they appear futile.” This quote by Boniface Wimmer, a German monk, perfectly sums up the capabilities of the human soul and what is necessary to happen in one’s life to ensure happiness of any kind, which is to surpass struggle. For that reason, the human soul is, by its very nature, designed to fight on despite any obstacles because humans are inherently determined, hopeful, and persistent.
Is being determined enough when faced with struggle? In life when one faces struggle, one tends to become more determined towards success or more determined towards solving …show more content…
Hope is never ending because despite it having drawbacks something positive always remains. For instance, if one hopes for a better tomorrow and their dream is not fulfilled, almost instinctively one still keeps hoping. Hope is natural because no matter how many times one is let down, there is always a trickle of hope left in them. These ideas are corroborated from “Blackberry Picking”, by Seamus Heaney. In this text, Heaney presents a point that albeit the human soul is greedy, in its darkest of time, it too strives for hope. The character in the poem shares their experience with picking blackberries and about how it takes careful procedure to preserve them, but in the end their work is for nothing because they end up going to waste anyway. However as they are trying to conserve the blackberries, the blackberries began to get disgusting due to fungus and rodents. Furthermore, this document is supported by the ideas of another renowned author Thomas Bulfinch. In his narration of the text, “Prometheus and Pandora” Bulfinch infers that in a world filled with chaos and negativities hope is something that never truly leaves and it is the only thing that remains pure. Hope is like beacon of light on a starless night and sometimes in life during the saddest and loneliest of times; hope appears that way which literally keeps one alive. These ideas were seen in real life world when English groups from Great Britain migrated to early America with the burning hope of a better life where they could achieve freedom. Although they faced many tribulations during those years, it was their hope and their determination that resulted in what America is today. All in all hope is the major aspect necessary to defeat futility and despair which are factors that cause the human soul to
Is being determined enough when faced with struggle? In life when one faces struggle, one tends to become more determined towards success or more determined towards solving …show more content…
Hope is never ending because despite it having drawbacks something positive always remains. For instance, if one hopes for a better tomorrow and their dream is not fulfilled, almost instinctively one still keeps hoping. Hope is natural because no matter how many times one is let down, there is always a trickle of hope left in them. These ideas are corroborated from “Blackberry Picking”, by Seamus Heaney. In this text, Heaney presents a point that albeit the human soul is greedy, in its darkest of time, it too strives for hope. The character in the poem shares their experience with picking blackberries and about how it takes careful procedure to preserve them, but in the end their work is for nothing because they end up going to waste anyway. However as they are trying to conserve the blackberries, the blackberries began to get disgusting due to fungus and rodents. Furthermore, this document is supported by the ideas of another renowned author Thomas Bulfinch. In his narration of the text, “Prometheus and Pandora” Bulfinch infers that in a world filled with chaos and negativities hope is something that never truly leaves and it is the only thing that remains pure. Hope is like beacon of light on a starless night and sometimes in life during the saddest and loneliest of times; hope appears that way which literally keeps one alive. These ideas were seen in real life world when English groups from Great Britain migrated to early America with the burning hope of a better life where they could achieve freedom. Although they faced many tribulations during those years, it was their hope and their determination that resulted in what America is today. All in all hope is the major aspect necessary to defeat futility and despair which are factors that cause the human soul to