What does hope mean? Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind based on expectation of positive outcome related to the events and circumstances in one 's life or the world at large. The theme of hope is vastly displayed in the three novels; “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Old man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway and “Blindness” by Jose Saramago. In this peice symbols will be used to represent hope in the 3 novels in different ways.
Hope is a major theme in the three books. Hope was represented in the great Gatsby by the Green lIght opposite Gatsby 's dock. The green light situated at the end of Daisy 's East Egg and barely visible from Gatsby 's West Egg lawn represented Gatsby 's hopes and dreams for the future. Nick’s first sighting …show more content…
At the party, Daisy tells Nick that her and Gatsby have had a row about ‘the future’. It transpires later in the film that Gatsby’s great hope is that the future can be like the past, before Daisy was …show more content…
Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one”. In the Old man and the sea, the fishing line was the symbol used to represent hope for the old man. He had faith in the line that it wouldn 't cut and he would catch the fish and kill it. Santiago was never going to give up because he had faith and hope. “It 's silly not to hope. It 's a sin he thought.” ...“Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I 'll stay with you until I am dead.” ...“Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” A symbol used to represent hope in Blindness, was the disea that the people contacted that made them blind. Blindness is however a novel of hope. Initially, it appears we are being confronted with a ‘condition of war of everyone against everyone’ but, gradually, an order of cooperation and mutuality develops. Among the patients is the wife of the
Hope is a major theme in the three books. Hope was represented in the great Gatsby by the Green lIght opposite Gatsby 's dock. The green light situated at the end of Daisy 's East Egg and barely visible from Gatsby 's West Egg lawn represented Gatsby 's hopes and dreams for the future. Nick’s first sighting …show more content…
At the party, Daisy tells Nick that her and Gatsby have had a row about ‘the future’. It transpires later in the film that Gatsby’s great hope is that the future can be like the past, before Daisy was …show more content…
Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one”. In the Old man and the sea, the fishing line was the symbol used to represent hope for the old man. He had faith in the line that it wouldn 't cut and he would catch the fish and kill it. Santiago was never going to give up because he had faith and hope. “It 's silly not to hope. It 's a sin he thought.” ...“Fish," he said softly, aloud, "I 'll stay with you until I am dead.” ...“Fish," he said, "I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” A symbol used to represent hope in Blindness, was the disea that the people contacted that made them blind. Blindness is however a novel of hope. Initially, it appears we are being confronted with a ‘condition of war of everyone against everyone’ but, gradually, an order of cooperation and mutuality develops. Among the patients is the wife of the