Hope

at me with admiration and utter awe. I was from America. Yes, this may seem completely normal, but to the thirty South African children, America represented so much more than just a country on the other side of the world. America represented hope. A type of hope that gave them the will to live and survive in the harsh conditions they were forced to inhabit in. However, never did I see a sad face in my time I spent in Africa, only laughter and happiness shone from these people. The sheer…

In Death of a Salesman there is a large amount of false hope present throughout the entire film. Linda provides the support her family needs in order for them to all stay together, even if the things she supported were not true. She supported her husband, and two sons even as they were lost and disorganized. Linda’s support toward her family leads the audience to recognize the theme of lost identity. Throughout the film Linda’s positive attitude influences Willy, Biff, and Happy. Willy’s…

I remember it like it was yesterday, I was about Eleven or Twelve years old. What had started out as a great day took a turn for the worst. My brother, Bobby, was moving to San Diego and had decided to take our pit bull red with him. My mother, my step-dad and myself were all against him taking red but he was really my brothers dog so we couldn’t tell him not to. We all really loved that dog, to us he was part of the family. It was going well for the first couple days, it was hard getting used…

The Benefits of Optimism During Conflict “The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible” (Winston Churchill). Positivity is a valuable mindset, yet can be acquired by even those in the direst of conditions and those who have the meagerest of resources. Through all the hardships and difficulties in the world, it is those with optimism that persevere, inspire, and overcome the suffering. It is those who forgive and spread their positivity that heal from…

“We got one.” Those words rang in Frank Maher’s ears as his truck pulled out of the fire station. The thick, black smoke could be seen from the instant they pulled out of the station. His group, consisting of 3 firefighters instead of the usual 4, was going to be the first at the scene, where someone had reported a fire at an apartment complex. Having served as a firefighter for 34 years, Frank never stopped wanting to make a difference. Growing up, he had always admired firefighters, and…

movie Star Wars: A New Hope. The hero of A New Hope is a boy named Luke Skywalker, who lives on the desert planet of Tatooine. He strives to leave his baren home and see the galaxy. He begins his heroic quest to save princess Leia, and eventually destroys the Death Star, saving millions of lives. Luke is an ordinary boy, but his hero’s journey gives him an opportunity to prove himself. By examining the call to action, the destiny, and the quest, it will be proven that A New Hope fulfills the…

Abstract “Dreams are the touchstones of our characters”. – Henry David Thoreau Dreaming is what gives humans hope for a better future, a future in time where things have improved from the current reality. The theme of dreams and hopes have occupied the most brilliant authors’ thoughts ever since the existence of time. F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the writers that had the purpose to reflect the corruption of society in the 1920s, often referred to as “The roaring twenties” or the “Jazz age” , in…

“To live in bitterness is to be chained to the person who abused you, your emotions and actions arising not independently, but in reaction to your abuser. Louie became so obsessed with vengeance that his life was consumed by the quest for it. In bitterness, he was as much a captive as he’d been when barbed wire surrounded him” said Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Unbroken, in regards to the main character Louie Zamperini. In the novel, after Louie was released from the POW Camp Naoetsu, he…

George Lucas’s film Star Wars: A New Hope displays and follows the pattern of the hero’s journey as well as the implementation of various literary archetypes very well. All of Lucas’s characters represent an archetype and the plot line follows the hero’s journey. An archetype is defined as a prototype, a model or a classic example. In literature, archetypal characters are the “typical character patterns” you see. In Star Wars: A New Hope, you can clearly see these patterns. The main…

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…