Optimism

On a psychoanalytical level, what is the Beast? The Beast on the island is the manifestation of all the boys’ fears, both on a mental level as boys afraid of the dark, and also as the symbol of fear for the unknown that all of humanity bears. “‘I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn’t no fear, either.’ Piggy paused. ‘Unless—’ Ralph moved restlessly. ‘Unless what?’ ‘Unless we get frightened of people” (119). This is realized by a select few…

Week 8 Paper Anita H. Bailey 9/7/2014 COUN5214- Theories of Personalities Dr. Raina Krell Chris Gardner puts all of his savings into bone-density scanners, it was twice as expensive as an x-ray machine but with a slightly clearer image. This dream breaks the family, bringing troubles to his relationship with his wife Linda, who leaves him and moves to New York where she has taken a job in a pizza parlor. Their son Christopher stays with Chris because he and his wife both know that he…

of losing your faith in people and believing the worst possible outcome for this life. The poems are arranged with the cynicism in the second half. It is meant to be read second. It is meant to be the loss of innocence to experience. The loss of optimism of humans through the trials of…

Candide by Voltaire is satire criticizing optimistic views on the world events or the saying that, “this is the best of all possible worlds” and everything happens for the best. Voltaire saddened by two major world events: the Seven years’ war and Lisbon earthquake questioned the reason behind these events. These events killed thousands of people for no reason and still philosophers like Leibniz, continued to believe that this was the best of all possible worlds and behind all evil lied God’s…

Ferlinghetti’s The World is a Beautiful Place is a literary work with a sense of great sarcasm and satire. While the title suggests that the author holds a rather optimistic and positive view about society and its underlying allure, the actual poem is about the disguised charms of the world through the lens of cynicism. A quick glance at this poem is enough for readers to notice the author’s unique structural choice, and combined with a distinctive poetic pattern, alongside the use of…

For me, the most relevant worldview dimension that would apply to this case would be axiology and here’s why. To start, axiology deals with beliefs about nature of value, what is good and bad. It is our value, human action and individual and social conduct which is based on our worldview. To put it differently, axiology helps us to apply concepts and ideas, influencing what we see; enabling us to judge, decide then act upon our decision. Typically, our identity has been influenced by significant…

we had wondered too far from the rest of the staff. The kids started to panic, one of the older kids from the group, came forth. “Where are we Mister, What do we do?” “I am just as oblivious as you are, my friend” I thought to myself. More out of optimism than courage, I tried to lead the kids back to the site. I spent almost a good hour looking for clues as to which direction we came from, searching for tracks like I’d seen on survival shows, yet it proved meaningless. Suddenly, I realized two…

Birds have always been fascinating creatures to the imaginative impression of our creative entity. The moment man realizes the value of liberty in life and living, he grows desperate to cling to it. However, the more he tries to grab it in both hands the more it evades. Life on earth within a social decorum is so designed that the free flight of a mind finds it clipped. Down the ages, this consciousness only grows to make him feel his limitation and his inevitable lot of being restrained. On the…

The Book Thief Group Essay In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, the author illustrated in detail a young German girl, Liesel Meminger, who became great friends with a boy, Max, during World War II. However Max is a Jew and during the Second World War Jews were greatly discriminated especially by Germans. As Markus Zusak illustrates the story of how Liesel must choose between a friend or a culture, he brilliantly features themes of desperation, unity, power of words, and hope. Firstly, the…

Optimism On that dark day, I was writing in my diary after I had received the heartbreaking news from the doctor: “Your second surgery did not go as well as we expected. Unfortunately, you have to stay one more week.” The struggle manifested itself as pain in my leg and vacuums puncturing my skin. As if the pain wasn’t hard enough, most poignant was the struggle of being alone. There would be times where major dehydration kicked in, and remained until I could find someone to bring me water…