Keep Hope Alive

on to hope, and Percy who teaches that fate can be changed. First,Cassie from the book The 5th Wave teaches readers to see the positive side of things. One example is, “I guess my family was luckier than most. The Fourth Horseman rode off with mom, but Dad, Sammy, and I survived” (47, Yancey). In this quote Cassie is saying that her mom died from the third wave but the rest of her family survived. The…

Dwight's character is built upon the hope that his family is waiting for him in Connecticut even though everyone in America was killed due to the radiation. He feels guilty because he's alive when they are not, so he created this delusion. It's common for people to have survivors guilt in his situation. Dwight's internal and vocal delusion creates a sense of suspense…

First rule is to never give up faith and hope. There will always be a reason to stop fighting and just to give up to the enemy. In Malibu, California, Roy Elliot talks about ADS. That is Asymptomatic Demise Syndrome, or, Apocalyptic Despair Syndrome, depending what you are talking about. No matter what it was called Roy stated that, “It killed as many people in those early stalemate months as hunger, disease, interhuman violence, or the living dead” (World War Z 159). The had a camp in the…

he would have followed in his father Will’s footsteps by pursuing an acting career and not stand out in any way. But Jaden has decided to be an individual and follow his ambitions. In 2015, Jaden started to be very vocal about his aspirations and hopes for his future. He started his new journey by creating his own clothing brand MSFTSrep. By labeling himself a MSFT, he elaborated that he would not conform to society in any way and be a divergent thinker. The young fashionista has considered…

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a historical drama book, written in first person point of view, of a girl who is being deported by the Soviet police during 1941, and sent to death in a prison camp. The book opens up when Lina and her family are being placed under arrest by Russian officers. Lina, her mother Elena, and her younger brother, Jonas, are taken to a railroad station, and then loaded into cars; Lina slips away to find her father and that’s the last time she sees him. Lina,…

and cement his intended lessons into the reader. Christ figures are not always a mirror image of Christ himself, but do symbolize him in certain aspects. Khaled Hosseini conveys a message of hope in the direst situations through Christ figures such as Mariam, Tariq and Nana. The author portrays a sense of hope in the most unfavorable circumstances through a Christ figure such as Mariam. As the first wife of an abusive husband she endures through years of loneliness and pain. She resembles a…

Dreams are ideas and thoughts we ponder on, hoping that one day we may meet it. Sometimes we accomplish this and other times, we are close but not quite there. A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry and Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck have a similar theme, dream. A Raisin in the Sun is about a lower class African-American family, the Youngers, trying to better their lives with an insurance check coming in due to the death of their father and husband. Lena Younger (Mama)…

control of a general public and how it can have absolute power. He demonstrates this through the abuse of freedom and the persecution of individual thought. In Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian world is depicted with a vision of hope for humanity, which consists of love and freedom, however, hope lies within the proletarian class in the novel and in today’s teenagers who need to become conscious that the party is totalitarian. 1984 presents us with a somber, tragic vision of the future where the…

One of the main differences between Castaway and Life of Pi is through the use of religion and hope by the protagonists. Religion is a major theme in Life of Pi. Pi is a follower of three religions because of his love for God. His faith in God becomes one of the main reasons for his survival because of his belief that God is with him. He continues…

represents how motherhood forces the mother to stay behind for her son. The author first shows signs of motherhood when The short story begins with the narrator being in line to get a visa to America. As she was standing in line, she was “trying to keep her mind blank”, trying not to grieve her son. When she did finally start thinking of Nnamdi, “she wanted to laugh and tell him not to play with the palm oil” (220). Nnamdi’s quick death makes it harder for the mother to accept the fact…