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    In the search for hope for the protagonists of “The Sun Also Rises” Is there any hope for the Lost Generation? Do the title of the novel and the seemingly hopeful epigraph indicate that the Lost Generation still have the possibility to regain any of the values they have lost during the WW1? The epigraph to “The Sun Also Rises” contains a quote from Gertrude Stein‚ saying: “You are all a lost generation”. This proclamation is juxtaposed with the passage from

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    Goodall utilizes scientific facts about the endangered American burying beetle to create a rhetoric atmosphere in an attempt to persuade readers that invertebrates are significant factors when keeping the ecosystem balanced in her argumentative essay‚ “Hope for Animals and Their World.” Jane Goodall argues that people should voluntarily resolve the situation of extinction because invertebrates‚ specifically

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    to intensify his loneliness and emptiness by using negative words such as no one and not. (Rice 141). The quote also proves that his life is hopeless by using a metaphor that means that there is light‚ meaning hope‚ but there is actually no light‚ showing that vampires basically has no hope. Rice also characterizes the vampires’ lives as “a silver clock ticking in a void” which means that time is endlessly going‚ but

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    control. All these concepts relate to hope. Emily Dickinson uses her poem‚ “Hope is the Thing with Feathers‚” to show that hope is contained in the soul of everyone and can triumph over all‚ as long as a person believes in it. In Dickinson’s poem‚ she uses metaphor to personify hope and the give it the characteristics of a bird. This imagery then shows Dickinson’s message about hope. Emily Dickinson uses metaphor and imagery to describe the abstract idea of hope throughout her poem. She begins this

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    Poem 314: “Hope” is a thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tune without the words- And never stops- at all- And sweetest- in the Gale- is heard- And sore must be the storm- That could abash the little Bird- That kept so many warm- I’ve heard it in the chilliest land- And on the strangest Sea- Yet- never – in Extremity‚ It asked a crumb- of me. In poem 314 Dickinson describes the feeling of hope using a metaphor of a bird. This metaphor is made clear in line seven

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    written by Danticat‚ the oppressed people can be seen believing in false hope. Danticat shows the importance of believing in a better life‚ family‚ and a fictitious reality when building a false hope the oppressed people will believe in. Danticat also tells us about the stress put onto the false hope when one of the aspects are lost. “Children of the sea” is one chapter of many with the theme of a false hope. False hope is used as a “weapon” against the oppressed people of Haiti. When the people

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    Hope is a trait that all people have and need in order to move forward into the future. By being hopeful for a better tomorrow‚ one has a purpose and therefore‚ has a reason to keep on going in life instead of being trapped in the past. In the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce writes about how a man on death’s row copes with his impending death by hoping and dreaming of the slightest possibility of escape. Next‚ in his speech Second Inaugural Address‚ Abraham Lincoln speaks

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    Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope can be dangerous. In “Unbroken‚” a novel by Laura Hillenbrand‚ hope is the only thing that doesn’t leave this novel for the main character‚ Louie Zamperini. Every ounce of human strength is tested and the audience sees what makes a human unbreakable. For miles and miles‚ all the American Military airman could see was water. Tangled in fear‚ he was only surviving off of hope. His name was Louie. When Louie was a

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    lived in a world where it was not accepted. She was isolated from the world around her‚ having little hope. Throughout the novel‚ symbols such as the character of the kind woman‚ the wild rose bush outside of the prison doors and the character of Pearl‚ Hester Prynne’s illegitimate child‚ are used to show that even in a world full of sin and darkness‚ there is always hope. In The Scarlet Letter hope is symbolized through characters such as the kind woman. After Hester leaves her jail cell in the first

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    The American Dream. Is it over‚ or is there still hope? The meaning of the American Dream has changed throughout history. During the jazz era‚ the American Dream was thought to be someone starting out low on the economic or social level and through hard work; one would prosper and could become wealthy and successful. Having the nice house‚ the nice cars‚ and the happy family‚ symbolized that one was living the American Dream. How does one have a dream for something that is material? Once one wants

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