“Being more optimistic makes you less likely to die of coronary heart disease and makes you more likely to choose healthy options like not smoking” said a researcher from AllPsych. I will be talking about Ivan’s characteristics. Ivan shows many good traits but one I want to talk about is how he demonstrates optimism throughout the book. To begin with, Ivan demonstrated optimism when a little boy sobbing to his mom said "He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world" said a little boy standing at my domain "It's not so bad I wanted to tell him with a little time you get used to almost anything" this defines that Ivan does not find it as bad as people think. Another example, of Ivan being optimistic is he constantly corrects people when they
