Hope and Glory

The Hopeful Proletariat Hope allows one to persevere is a bleak situation. It causes one to believe that there is a reason for suffering and that it will eventually reap reward. However, without hope, one will succumb to any dominating force that occurs, whether is be a person or situation. That person then ceases to exist as an individual, but rather as an embodiment of their oppressor’s ideology. This can be seen in The Shawshank Redemption, a movie about a wrongly-convicted man’s time in…

Hope is a powerful motivator which has the potential to touch the lives of every being on this planet. None of us are immune from falling into difficult times and that plight is something we all have in common. Another thing we all have in common is the ability to choose how we are going to react to the difficult times when they come. Will we allow them to destroy our hope for the future or will we decide to view them as a learning experience meant to help us as we continue to move forward with…

In today’s world hope is a thing that will get us through the worst of days and make us look back to the best of days. This is possible because no matter how bad today was we have hope that tomorrow will be better. Hope is so powerful that without it I believe that life would lose its meaning. There are certain occasions in which we think that all hope is lost but it isn’t. Hope may be lost for a short time in the presence of death but it isn’t. Hope is a powerful force that a powerful Batman…

Conflict Cluster The first recognition of the urgency for a signal fire was voiced by Ralph in Chapter two of Lord of the Flies. As the recently elected chief of the boys, Ralph declared that a signal fire would assuredly assist the Navy in discovering the unknown location of the lost boys. However, the boys are hardly cautious; the fire becomes uncontrollable. The carelessness of the boys causes the fire to reach a section of the jungle where a child was. The littlun with the mulberry birthmark…

Anna Russell Analysis Figurative language essay 02/03/2018 “Hope” By David T. Hilbun David T. Hilbun uses figurative language in his poem “Hope” to communicate how important not giving up even in the worst situations, and how even the littlest things can thrive after the worst of disasters happen. In addition, the author David T. Hilbun uses imagery and repetition to convey the message to the readers. “Hope” is a poem that communicates the deep sadness that impacted the victims during…

Hope is a mentality that every human being is capable of, whether they know it or not. Even though at times it may seem as if hope is nowhere to be found, it is still there lurking in the distance. In her poem “Hope” is the thing with feathers, Emily Dickinson explores this exact concept. Using a multitude of literary and poetic devices, Dickinson establishes the optimistic idea of hope existing as an unstoppable unit throughout the universe that is accessible to anyone and everyone. One of…

Life is short, so live it before it 's too late. Even though this saying is cliche to an extent it is the truth. I support this statement one-hundred percent. Personally, I have seen individuals live timid and unhappy. I could never understand the reason for this. Recently there was a poem I read that showed me that life is more than the obvious. The small things that are intangible are more important than the things that show. “The Sandhill Cranes Of Nebraska”. Gave me insight to someone 's…

Have you ever come across someone who couldn’t want anything more than for people to stop judging each other by color, religion or origin? Well, if you have, I guarantee they’re not as dedicated as Barrack Obama is to creating a society that is equal in all aspects. In “A More Perfect Union”, Obama expresses that people should not be focused on physical or background differences, they should be focusing on the issues that we all face in society. The issues such as, schools, healthcare and jobs.…

Lugenia Burns Hope was a twentieth-century civil rights activist and social reformer who worked steadfastly to rebuild black communities using grassroots politics and community ties. Hope was no stranger to hard work. From an early age, Hope worked full time at organizations like Hull House— a settlement organization founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr dedicated to providing European Immigrants with amenities such as daycare services, libraries, employment and education. Her infectious…

misfortunes have plagued “victims” of curses. However, there is one curse that has centuries of bloodshed and misfortune behind it: The curse of the Hope Diamond. Despite the fear of the superstitious and skeptics alike, the Hope Diamond is not cursed, and was not the cause of the unfortunate events that befell its owners. Most people agree that the Hope Diamond was plucked from an idol in a mine in India. That said, there are still incongruities in the story concerning the person who committed…