When put in survival situations‚ people’s minds gravitate to a new way of thinking; to be optimistic or pessimistic. They either think the worst is coming and have already accepted their fate‚ or they pray for the best and try to sustain hope and keep others optimistic. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys‚ Lina Vilkas‚ a young woman living in Lithuania as Stalin‚ takes over‚ is set on a harrowing journey. Lina and family are forced to travel thousands of miles to a work camp by no
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bickered well into the evening. I tried to understand‚ in the hope of leaning something about where we were going and why" (p. 34‚ Hill). In this quotation‚ Aminata’s journey is described with a bleak and demoralizing tone. The journey of Aminata and her hostages lasted "for many suns" and wore down their hope for freedom and their faith in humanity. The hostages continued "lumbering forward" as "an entire town of kidnapped peoples‚" with no hope of being saved. When "people swarmed out to stare at us
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dishonest and downright villainy presented false hopes to the public. Scare tactic: “Here’s one promise I’ll make‚ and boss Jim Gettys knows I’ll keep it:” False dilemma: Kane’s statement “I’d make promises now if I weren’t too busy arranging to keep them” Begging the question: Kane said “I made no campaign promises‚ because until a few weeks ago‚ I had no hope of being elected.” This statement suggests that he concludes that now that he has hopes of being elected‚ it is time for him to make promises
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IN THAT IT SEEMS TO FAIL. Life has resilient nature‚ it never let hope to cut off even in the lurch. It arrives at specific conditioning through entertaining demands at variable intervals and in variable amounts and some times at discretion. This comes up with optimism. Optimism let one to crow over even in inauspicious conditions. In fact life do miracles in lurch conditions and turns the corner. It triumphs‚ when there is no hope of its victory. Traditional stories‚ which are being recounted
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for some teenagers‚ it means getting a job. In the books Nantucket Blue and Nantucket Red‚ Cricket Thompson‚ a teenager from Providence entering her senior year‚ went all the way to Nantucket for a summer job with hopes to make some fun memories and leave her problems back at home. Hope is a goal or dream for Cricket in her future that is going to sometimes not be in reach‚ be within reach‚ or what is not ultimately right for her in the end. Nantucket‚ a small vacation island off of Cape Cod‚ was
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Correspondent” interview McCall Smith says Botswana is a very beautiful country and that Africa transformed him into a best selling novelist and made him famous for his views on hope and optimism. There is a strong sense of family and community that gives cause for belonging‚ hope and optimism. McCall Smith creates hope and optimism in his novel through his characters and their events. The main character Mma Ramotswe illustrates the qualities of the conventional patriotism of one’s own country
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reality of the situation leading Esperanza to hope for something that cannot be. Esperanza is disappointed by the lack of stairs‚ the absence of a yard‚ the actuality that the house is not the picture perfect house as seen on TV. Although Esperanza is not happy with the house she lives in‚ she still hopes for a better future despite knowing that her goals will not be met for a very long period of time. Esperanza faces these unsatisfied dreams with hope still in her heart using the old decrepit house
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the hardness of reality away. As a result‚ Chris is able to stay hopeful and hope keeps him happy. However‚ that happiness is only temporary because he cannot always live in his fantasy and eventually he will be forced to admit that he cannot go to college and chase his dream. When Chris embraces his hope‚ he loses his ability to respond to the reality. This is because when Chris works as a salesman‚ he has this false hope that he will be able to save enough money for college‚ but the truth is that
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ongoing civil war and his high hopes to unite the nation once again under God. Lincoln began his speech by saying that the war has taken so much time and energy out of the country and that there is no need to report on it. He declares himself an equal with the public and says he has also felt the wars effects. “The progress of our arms…is as well known to the public as to myself.” He states that he isn’t going to attempt to predict the war but he expresses his hopes for the future and encourages
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the subject‚ but i really didn’t want to study‚ i just hope that the half that i knew would be enough for me to pass the test‚ i wasn’t prepare ‚ i was optimistic‚ naive in a way of thinking that everything would just work out and i would pass‚ i payed a high price ‚ i only not just fail that test but i fail her class and i spend my summer learning a lesson that being realistic and prepare for the worst is better than being unprepared and hope for the best. The Best example that being realistic
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