Here, Westerhoff has presented an argument whether negative events occurred in an individual’s life bring an extensive or no change in their personalities and lives, pretty well. Additionally, the author has used research studies to support his discussion. The next section is about the “false hope syndrome”, which means unrealistic expectations of self-change. Here, the first sentence in the first stanza discusses that it is so hard to settle on significant choices in life after the age of 60, then the following sentence is about false hope syndrome. These two sentences have no relation with each other. Later on, the author does suggest a cure for this syndrome, which is a positive point. In the conclusion, the quote stated by Greek philosopher Epicurus is totally irrelevant to the
Here, Westerhoff has presented an argument whether negative events occurred in an individual’s life bring an extensive or no change in their personalities and lives, pretty well. Additionally, the author has used research studies to support his discussion. The next section is about the “false hope syndrome”, which means unrealistic expectations of self-change. Here, the first sentence in the first stanza discusses that it is so hard to settle on significant choices in life after the age of 60, then the following sentence is about false hope syndrome. These two sentences have no relation with each other. Later on, the author does suggest a cure for this syndrome, which is a positive point. In the conclusion, the quote stated by Greek philosopher Epicurus is totally irrelevant to the