states that ‘The recent buds relax and spread;’ However‚ the tone shifts into a rather negative outlook as the poem approaches the third line of the first stanza – ‘Their greenness is a kind of grief’. We are able to see the shift from optimism to pessimism in this line as we picture the idea of being born and then being destined to die. With Larkin’s use of alliteration in the word ‘greenness’ and ‘grief’‚ we view the ideal of life as ‘grief’ because it is above all‚ short-lived. In the second stanza
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optimism(shown in yellow containing Jane ‚with the game of checkers‚ Allie‚and Phoebe). Holden thus clings to his childhood as a source of his happiness‚ as he views his current reality(depicted in purple) with cynicism and pessimism. (represented by the piano for his pessimism towards “phony” musicians‚ and by Sally’s “phony” conversation with George) Holden‚ however‚ isolates himself from his past for fear of tainting it(represented the the cracking glass case turning purple in response to Holden’s
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Through the characters of the famous novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ author John Steinbeck expresses his opinion on achieving the American Dream. The American Dream is commonly known as the ideal that anyone in America can achieve success through hard work and determination. For example‚ Andrew Carnegie‚ who moved to America young‚ began as a poor boy working in a factory. Through hard work and smart investments‚ he started a successful business‚ called the Carnegie Steel Company‚ and transformed the US
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Voltaire Chapter 1: Candide lives in the castle of the baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh in Westphalia. Candide is the illegitimate son of the baron’s sister. His mother refused to marry his father because his father’s family tree could only be traced through “seventy-one quarterings.” The castle’s tutor‚ Pangloss‚ teaches “metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology” and believes that this world is the “best of all possible worlds.” Candide listens to Pangloss with great attention and faith. Miss
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"Neutral Tones" by Thomas Hardy is very neutral in tone; its melancholic note is created by a narrator reflecting on the termination of a relationship. Throughout‚ a soothing yet depressing language illustrates this duality. Hardy uses a variety of techniques to highlight sadness and emotions in the narrator. In the first stanza the scene and atmosphere is set‚ "we stood by a pond that winter day".No harsh sounds are present and the sentence epitomises the tranquillity yet disheartening nature of
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positive thinking. For example‚ in “The Positive Power of Negative Thinking”‚ the author states‚ “Defensive Pessimism involves learning to tolerate negative emotions in order to get things done” (Norem). She says that positive thinking is actually a hinderance to actually dealing with problems. The concern being that action not thoughts change situations. Dr. Norem states that “Defensive pessimism involves learning to tolerate negative emotions in order to get things
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parts of mankind ‚ while the writings of Leo Tolstoy emphasizes the harshness of life. Each difference is depicted in the characters Sita (from Ramayana)‚ showing devotion and patience‚ and Ivan Ilych (from “The Death of Ivan Ilych)‚ that shows pessimism and following the standards of society‚ each character representing two different parts of life. The goddess Sita represents the good in mankind‚ showing devotion and patience. Sita shows exceptional loyalty to her husband Rama‚ following him into
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ways to “fix lower back pain from surgery‚” and began sleeping on my heating pad every night. Although this didn’t fix the pain‚ it managed it enough so I could begin to repair the relationships that were broken and help everyone recognize that pessimism was not who I was. This task was no “walk in the park‚” but with the patience I slowly began to regain‚ I successfully completed
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Amine Bekki Instructor: Shadi Shidrawi Course: English 203 Date : 13 september 2013 Response 1 An Analysis of Mahmoud Darwish’s “ a gentle rain in a strange autumn In this poem‚ “A gentle rain in a distant autumn”‚ Mahmoud Darwish‚ Palestine’s national productive poet and author‚ expresses his nostalgia and craving for both; his homeland after his exile‚ and for the glorious and sparkling era when Palestine was a free country. In my opinion‚ his love of the
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correlations between the negative aspects of these dystopian novels allow politicians and political journalists to impose a sense of distrust of the government‚ the fear of an Orwellian or Huxleyan society as a result of their opposition‚ and general pessimism about America as a whole onto their audience. Because the most frequent comparisons are relatively ill-informed about how these elements of society in 1984 and Brave New World differ from their
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