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    Furthermore‚ the factors that restrain you from achieving your purpose ultimately narrow down to the loss of optimism; consequently‚ this leads you to let your negative emotions decide your purpose. In “Finding purpose” Khullar Acknowledges research done on patients with metastatic cancer. Khullar explains that [Patients in the support groups met weekly and discussed

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    underwriters issue more optimistic earnings growth forecasts and optimistic recommendations of client stock than unaffiliated analysts. Unfortunately‚ these studies are unable to discriminate between three competing hypotheses for the apparent optimism. Under the bribery hypothesis‚ underwriting clients‚ with the promise of underwriting fees‚ coax analysts to compromise their objectivity. The execution-related conflict of hypothesis postulates that the investment banks employing analysts who

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    semblance of mismatch‚ can adequately contain her intellectual gamut- “optimism as spiritually necessary” and “intellectually suspect”. In her attempt to rescue her equally talented twin brother who was about to join an orthodox Jewish sect telling her “I’ve had my lack of faith shaken”‚ she took a trip Jerusalem‚ chronicled her magnum Opus “Next year in Jerusalem” demonstrates her lack of faith was more influenced by optimism‚ emancipation of oppression‚ embracing freedom rather than by her New York

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    Optimism is a strong character trait that one can utilize to help escape their troubles through the power of imagination or guide them to the realization of their potential. This is the case for the protagonists in “Circus in Town”‚ by Sinclair Ross and “Happiness for Sale”‚ by Jia Lynn Yang. Jenny in the short story‚ “Circus in Town”‚ lives a poverty stricken life. One day her brother‚ Tom‚ comes home with a poster about the circus coming to town. Jenny’s excitement grew with the possibility

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    and that he must work in order to find even a small amount of pleasure in life. The principal theme presented throughout majority of the novel is "Optimism" by the main character Candide and how that theme is incorporated into his winning outcomes of terrible situations. His good friend and philosopher Dr.Pangloss first introduces this Optimism that Candide believes. Yet this optimist foundation is being constantly challenged throughout the story. For the greater portion of the story and in most

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    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines satire as: "literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn." Besides this definition satire can also be seen as the particular literary way of making possible the improvement of humanity and its institutions. In all three works that we’ve discussed so far: Moliere’s "Tartuffe‚" Voltaire’s "Candide‚" and Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" the authors indirectly criticize and ridicule human behavior and characteristics but with the mutual goal

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    ‘Winton’s Cloudstreet continues to engage readers through its narrative treatment of hardship and optimism.’ In the light of your critical study‚ does this statement resonate with your own interpretation of Cloudstreet? In your response‚ make detailed reference to the novel. The novel Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton resonates the idea of engaging readers through its focus on optimism despite hardship throughout the narrative. The text has the ability to be appreciated and understood through its textual

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    Candide is a successful satire because it includes the main components of satire‚ and in writing it Voltaire intended to point out the folly in philosophical optimism and religion. Satire is designed to ridicule a usually serious idea. Because Voltaire was a deist he was more than comfortable deriding religion and philosophical optimism in his novella Candide. In contrast to the standard European of his day‚ Voltaire openly rejected the idea that a god‚ a creator of the universe‚ must exist. When

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    HP310 Individual project Naomi chua According to World Health Organization (WHO)’s definition‚ health is a state of complete physical‚ psychological well-being‚ optimal psychological functioning and social well-being. And health is “not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity” (WHO‚ 2000). Contrary to typical understanding of the psychology fields‚ positive psychology is a science of positive subjective experiences and positive traits‚ positive institution that promise to improve

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    novella like optimism‚ racism‚ religious ‎toleration‚ and women rights‎. The final discussion will be about Candide’s statement ‎‎“let’s cultivate our garden‚” and wheather it pronounces his intention to ‎end his ‎intellectual journey and put words to action or it is a call for further investigation.‎ The

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