Optimism is hard for me to achieve. I’ve been through so many tough times in my seventeen years and it is very difficult to stay positive. I’ve had to suffer through many broken bones and surgeries‚ depression and the things that go along with it‚ and also being bullied in school. I try to stay as optimistic as I can. Being positive and hoping for the best is about all I can do for myself. My life definitely has not been the best but even through all of the terrible things I’ve endured‚ I can still
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also. One of the world ’s greatest satires‚ Candide by Voltaire‚ some characters feel the same way that I do. However others do not. Martin‚ a skeptic thinks this is not "the best of all possible worlds" ("Candide"102)‚ as Dr. Pangloss would say. My present worldview is more close to the view of the eighteenth century character Martin‚ in the book Candide. Martin‚ an old philosopher who embarked with candide shows strong pessimistic views. Candide is pretty much a follower and is not a very intelligent
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Candide 1) What is the relationship between Candide’s adventures and Pangloss’s teachings? In Candide‚ we see lives filled with struggles and tragedy. Although Candide witnessed and fell victim to worldly evils of cruelty and suffering‚ he maintained his optimistic views through much of the novel. Candide picked up this idea of optimism through Pangloss’s teachings. Although he did not see any good reasons to disbelieve Pangloss’s teachings while living in the Baron’s castle‚ once in the outside
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than Pangloss’s‚ he’s still not good at predicting how some people will behave because his philosophy is coming from extreme pessimism. Therefore it might not be wrong to say that Voltaire is trying to prove that we need flexible thought in our lives based on real evidence. Both philosophers will ultimately fail because there’s no room for exceptions in their beliefs. Candide starts his journey with
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ENGLISH HL World Literature Paper 1 The influence of the Id of the characters in “Lysistrata” and “Candide” on their ego and super ego Freud theorized that the psyche was sectioned into 3 segments; the id‚ the ego and the super ego. According to his theory‚ Freud believes that the id wants whatever feels good at the time with no regard for the reality of the situation (Id‚ Ego‚ Superego np). For example‚ “a child is hungry‚ the id wants food‚ therefore the child cries” (Id‚ Ego‚ Superego
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Voltaire’s Candide: One Man’s Search For True Happiness and Acceptance of Life’s Disappointments Voltaire’s Candide is a philosophical tale of one man’s search for true happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life’s disappointments. Candide grows up in the Castle of Westfalia and is taught by the learned philosopher Dr. Pangloss. Candide is abruptly exiled from the castle when found kissing the Baron’s daughter‚ Cunegonde. Devastated by the separation from Cunegonde‚ his true love‚ Candide sets
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How my optimism will help me press on to greater achievements of the future I can’t be optimistic about my future… I can’t‚ without looking at my past that is. I’ve seen where I used to be in life compared to where I am now. I use that climb in my everyday life to fuel my optimistic view‚ because without knowing struggle you’ll never know progress. I know that without a past I can never have a future and without a future what’s there to be optimistic about? Optimism is helping shape me into a leader
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How My Optimism Will Help Me Press on to Greater Achievements of the Future By Anish Mantri I come from a family of optimists. My parents are first generation immigrants to the USA and one value they highly regard is “optimism”. They strongly believe that one can overcome any obstacle as long as they are hopeful about the future and show resiliency to stick with their dream. My father came to the USA with $500 in his pocket and a dream to go to a top business school and succeed in corporate America
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How My Optimism Will Help Me Press on to Greater Achievements of the Future By Anish Mantri I come from a family of optimists. My parents are first generation immigrants to the USA and one value they highly regard is “optimism”. They strongly believe that one can overcome any obstacle as long as they are hopeful about the future and show resiliency to stick with the dream. My father came to the USA with $500 in his pocket and a dream to go to a top business school and succeed in corporate America
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The Evil That Lies Within Lord of the Flies is a book with far more low points than high‚ this is the choice of the author. In many novels‚ you can tell the style and feelings of the author just by reading it. Golding has a negative outlook on people and society showing through his writing. Thus‚ Golding’s pessimistic view on the characters in the book illustrates his belief that evil is an inborn characteristic. One way this is portrayed started in the beginning of the story‚ when they first got
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