Pessimism

Imagine the world being divided into two separate groups. All the optimists are separated into one section and all the pessimists into the other. Amongst the optimists, the conversation would consist of fantastic plans for the future and how things can only get better. Meanwhile, the pessimists are having, what might seem to the optimists like, a depressing discussion. Far from working out how to make their dreams come true, they’re worrying about all the things that might go wrong. They’re…

their research. As with any trait characteristic, there are several ways to evaluate optimism, such as the Life Orientation Test (LOT). Dispositional optimism and pessimism[6] are typically assessed by asking people whether they expect future outcomes to be beneficial or negative (see below). The LOT returns separate optimism and pessimism scores for each individual. Behaviourally, these two scores correlate around r = 0.5. Optimistic scores on this scale predict better outcomes in…

To Build A Fire is the story of man venturing out into the cold unknown Yukon territory. While separated from his group of friends the character deals with a slew of problems created by personal choice and the effects of nature itself. The character struggles with battling the elements, choices are made and consequences follow soon after. The George Becker definition of naturalism for this study / analysis of To Build a fire will be used. This definition states naturalism overturns the…

Another one of Jack’s good qualities as a leader is that he gives the group what they what, when he realizes that they are hungry and giving up hope in rescue he gets them to focus on the hunger that he promises to provide. The boys follow Jack as pessimism takes over but followed Ralph when optimism was the general order, both boys manage to use these feelings to their…

the traditional ways of viewing the world shattered the illusion that acting virtuously brought about good. In T. S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the main character, Prufrock, internalizes his insecurity, loneliness, and pessimism through his monologue. Although more than a century has passed since the birth of Modernism, the characteristics displayed by the 20th century Prufrock can still be widely observed among the 21st century men of today in…

Professor Neil Roberts in the lecture about his book called Freedom as Marronage discusses why he decided to write this book, the core claims of the book, the debate between the two ideas of afro-pessimism and afro-positivism and reparations for slavery. He first talks about why he wrote the book Freedom as Marronage. He discusses that there are people who understand what freedom means and Non-Western people who don't value or understand what freedoms means and also he struggled with the ways…

1. The article says for the story concept, the film noir presents dark themes such as desolation, detachment, iniquity, pessimism, etc. The story is complex and perplexing. In the filmmaking technicality, the directors employ strong shadow lighting techniques (often use one single source of light to create strong shadow, deep focus and unusual extreme camera angles. The sound also intensely gripping to form suspense. 2. They are a predatory character that uses a seduction and manipulation to…

This results in a lack of appreciation, respect and warmth that is required in a relationship. Hence, pessimism can harm the relationship with one’s partner. Not only that, most people also prefer to be in the company of those with a positive attitude. Therefore, being a pessimist can make one unpopular among their friends because they are always grumpy and…

Life itself is perceived by the majority of people as something that is simply there, they fail to recognize the mystery behind it. On the other side though, there are a handful of crazy ones that do not stop questioning themselves about their existence’s meaning. This constantly creates struggles in their minds. Often left without an answer, some people try to express their desperation through different philosophies and stories. One of these stories is H.P. Lovecraft’s “Ex Oblivione”, where the…

Candide buys them, and takes them with him to Turkey hoping to find the old woman and Cunégonde, and of the chances of the happening, according to Candide, "Nothing is more possible". Voltaire once again balances the scale between optimism and pessimism when the stubborn baron said "No, my sister will never marry anyone…