Pessimism

In the final chapter “Vengeance”, all the characteristics of desperation, brutality and insanity become clear to the evident change they have gone through. The final battle recognizes the main motifs of pessimism and cynicism towards authority. The men care not for valour, camaraderie and companionship are just more lies that the generals feed them. In reality, war turns men into savage animals when minds are tested to the limits without pause. Desperation…

a Haystack illustrates a young artist's search for meaningful themes in the wake of social up-heaval in France after 1848. It provides a key to Jules Breton's thinking at a critical moment in his artistic career, marking a turning point from the pessimism of his early work toward an appreciation of the positive values he associated with rural society” (Beaufort 61). Jules Breton wanted us to see the rural side of the country and how the peasants lived. Even though it’s stated that the fire was…

There are many ways to classify film noir, but in order to condense it for the purposes of writing the EE, I have chosen specific aspects to asses. Roger Ebert, noted film critic and former writer for the Chicago-Sun Times classifies film noir using 10 distinct aspects (some important ones are listed below) (RogerEbert.com): o At no point does the film trick the viewer into thinking there will be a happy resolution, there is always a sense of a bleak outlook o Love and death are highly…

morning, the humankind wakes up to the same sun, upon the same ground, and to the same coming day. The world doesn’t change for anyone, but how the world is seen changes for everyone. We can chose whether to view everything through the jaded eyes of pessimism, or through the clear vision of optimism. Optimism is a very resilient and persistent element of human nature that allows people to continue to endure beyond the many obstacles that they may face. A description that best summarizes this and…

In my speech, I will be describing the trials and triumphs of solitude, and the bittersweetness that come after. In both The Diary of Anne Frank and Island of the Blue Dolphins, there is a time of isolation with both times of optimism, and also pessimism. In both Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Diary of Anne Frank, the book starts off with an average girl of her time and place without anything to write a book about, but then their lives take a turn for the worst. In Island of the Blue…

sequence of events instilled Turner with a deep distrust of white men. Convinced that blacks would never achieve equal rights in America, he endorsed widespread emigration back to Africa, where they would be free of lingering prejudice. Turner's pessimism was understandable, as he had been unfairly treated throughout his time in America, just like so many of his fellow blacks. Reconstruction could never fully be achieved as long as racist attitudes were prevalent. Radical Reconstruction ended…

makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. Many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.” (Wachowski). This is precisely the justified pessimism of The Matrix. Ideology like desire is not just simply imposed, but the spontaneous relationship to the social world. This, not unlike the matrix, is the ultimate illusion. People enjoy their ideology. Tearing away the ego from ideology is a…

“The American Dream” is a newspaper article written by Don Baer and Mark Penn from The Atlantic, claiming that contrary to what news agencies are reporting, the American Dream is thriving. Their claim is supported with a variety of evidence, gathered from both the Penn Schoen Berland Poll and the Gallup Poll; as well as through their use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to justify and further advance their claim throughout the text. The authors’ use of Ethos was made effective by their use of the…

Neil Postman observed that "What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one." (Postman, 1985) Like the works of Orwell and Huxley, The Speculative/Science Fiction works Elysium, and I, Robot, are both films that represent the social fears and visions their creators have of the future. This essay will compare and contrast the different visions each filmmaker had for the future,…

plantation there was no escape from James and Terrance. Cora’s Grandmothers submissive behavior is what motivated Cora’s Mother to run from the Randall Plantation. While some may view Cora’s Grandmothers take on reality as realistic, I believe her pessimism only makes the situation grimmer. Ultimately, Bartleby is much the same. He cannot escape from his mind, and later the typist’s office. When Bartleby submits to himself he crumbles, and instead of helping himself he would just prefer not to. …