others could not share such as the poem‚ A Dream Deferred. Hughes poem Let America Be America Again was written in 1935 during a time of poverty and racism. He used the poem to tell a story of the less advantaged part of the people. Langston Hughes hopeful yet devastating poem‚ Let America Be America Again‚ uses imagery‚ repetition‚ and flashbacks to compare present day America to past America while also describing the American dream and the struggles to reach it. He also describes the values America’s
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In Dante Alighieri’s epic poem‚ Inferno‚ the strong hope Dante possesses overcomes his fear‚ and helps him to achieve his goals. Dante fears the hill‚ but knows what awaits him at the top. His fear makes him embark on an alternate journey which leads to his goals‚ and his fear of Hell keeps him from losing sight of what’s most important. Through it all‚ Dante proves that one’s fear of failure gives one hope to succeed. Dante faces a large obstacle‚ which fills him with fear‚ but what waits on other
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The main character of “The House of the Scorpion” is Matt. Matt is hopeful‚ loyal‚ and smart. Matt is hopeful because he was in a cold cell abused both physically and verbally by a servant named Rose and was starting to accept his faith as a clone. Suddenly‚ he started hoping to be saved by Celia‚ his caregiver‚ or any other kind person. He hoped for three years‚ and never gave up hope. Matt is loyal because he doesn’t take advantage of anyone and if they treated him properly‚ he would treat them
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ROY SLATER (20’s) is a hopeful screenwriter‚ working in a bank. He lets his imagination run away with him as he fantasizes about the bank being robbed. Roy strikes up a friendship and romance with bank teller JENNY FLYNN. Their boss JOHN isn’t happy about their relationship. When Roy’s mother dies‚ he promises to keep the house and make her proud. Roy’s friends‚ ELIJAH WASHINGTON‚ a struggling African American actor‚ and BERNIE ADELMAN‚ a stand-up comedian‚ all stress over their finances. When
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The Pilgrim’s Progress By John Bunyan 20 April 2010 Format: MLA Style The Pilgrims Progress‚ composed in 1678 by John Bunyan‚ is said to have originally graced John in a dream. As a Preacher and English writer‚ Bunyan comprised this during the time in which he was imprisoned for preaching the word of God. This makes good sense because of the timing of it all. If there were ever to be a good time for a person to consider their life as it was and eventual death that would one day come‚ it
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based on Chad Jones’s overcoming a very tough experience to come out the other end better overall. The use of non-diegetic music that is played and changes from intense and lingering music during the beginning of the short film to motivational and hopeful music at the end when Jones’s is doing his rehabilitation at the end of the film‚ the transition of the music shows that Chad’s mindset had changed. The non-diegetic music changing throughout the film show that at the beginning of the film Chad Jones’s
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A glimpse into another lifetime For some‚ it seems that the Holocaust was in another lifetime‚ but for others it will be something they will never forget. The Holocaust was a time for fighting. Forced into slave labor and people being killed by the second‚ this truly was a horrific time. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel‚ his entire family was taken into a concentration camp never to see his mother or sister again. In the movie Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni‚ Guido and his son Joshua are also
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comparing the Beatles song “In My Life” and “the Embrace” by Mark Doty‚ they are both written with so much emotion. The tone is sad and somewhat hopeful. The main theme in the song and in the poem is their love. They both talk about losing a loved one. When reading the poem and song to some extent everyone can understand or relate to the situations. Some are hopeful to have just a brief moment with their loved one‚ whether it is a dream or just reminiscing about the places and memories of them. Even though
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Things or events we may not see hope in‚ may just be the defining hopeful moment in someone else’s life. Hope is in our daily lives weather we choose to see it or not. It is in the books we read‚ the people we meet and in our lives as a hole. A famous quote by Desmond Tutu states ¨Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.¨ At first glance the ending of Its Kind of a Funny Story seems to be quite hopeful. A young depressed boy learns about himself‚ and the people around
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To-Do List What am I/ are we going to become ten years from now? Quite a clichéd question indeed‚ but sometimes thinking about the distant future actually drives hopeful people just like me to continue pushing and thriving despite the hard challenges that come our way. Nevertheless‚ contemplating on the future doesn’t always come easy since no one really knows if it will ever go the way we think it would. Moreover‚ I‚ personally‚ fear the future in the sense that it bears the inevitable ends‚ not
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