In the synthesis project, one overriding question that is answered using outside resources and novels read throughout the year is: what are the differences between hope and envy? At first, when brainstorming, the question of the different definitions and connotations of hope and envy arose. Some define hope as being “dangerous” (Shawshank Redemption 1994), while others believe that hope is a mechanism that shines light during difficult and dark times. Meursault, in The Stranger, argues that hope blinds someone from living in the present because hoping requires looking to the future. However, hope gives some people’s lives a purpose. For Elie Wiesel, the hope of escaping and surviving with his father drives his determination and hardwork in
