Optimism Essay

I believe that the three texts that I have studied contained moments of optimism and pessimism which in turn have shaped my opinion of the general vision and viewpoint. This alludes to the feelings and emotions portrayed through the omniscient camera in "The King's Speech", the morally inclined narrator Nick Caraway in "The Great Gatsby" and the protagonist in the novel "Foster". I was very intrigued to find out more about these societies and the vision the author/director hoped to convey. "The

expectations for the future. To Sal, the novel is defined by youthful exuberance and unabashed optimism for the new experiences that he sets out to find. A deeper look into the novel, as well as a look at some of the critics who have written on it, reveals a much darker side, a more pessimistic and sad aspect that Sal simply fails to realize until the very close of the action. Whether Sal is hopped up on the optimism of jazz music, secure in his belief that he is off to find ‘IT,’ or just excited

Optimism as a Theme for Candide Just as on the title, Candide, or Optimism, Optimism is also used as a major theme. Voltaire's satire of philosophical optimism is one of the major issues of Candide. Throughout the story, satirical references to "the best of all possible worlds" contrast with natural catastrophes and human wrongdoing. According to Wikipedia, "optimism, the opposite of pessimism, is a lifeview where the world is looked upon the as a positive place. Optimists generally believe that

It was pessimism eventually led to Mac’s death, and Louie and Phil ended up surviving the wrath of Japanese prisoner of war camps because of their optimism. Optimism played a large part of Louie and Phil’s survival. How did Louie and Phil maintain their happiness and hope? In the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand the two character, Louie and Phil, remained hopeful and optimistic during the war because of

dignity and was being dehumanized, but still survived. Some characteristic of Louie that helped him get through the camps were optimism and resiliency. Through his journey on the raft and at camps, he was very optimistic and hopeful of surviving. Optimism is very helpful and needed in situation like Louie’s, because he needed hope he was going to stay alive. With that optimism and hopefulness he survived. On

Life can be full of surprises and is not always an easy journey. However, having an optimism outlook on life can make one’s life journey more enjoyable. Positive emotion is very important to enhance a progressive life. (Slegiman, 2009). It is one’s choice to choose not to have a negative attitude towards challenges in life but to instead have a positive attitude towards all trials. Recently, the author’s husband was sentenced to six and half years to federal prison and it was a devastating event

Utilizing Dispositional Optimism Life is tough. Life forces humans to endure in a universe that may be completely random and nothing in it may hold any meaning aside from the arbitrary value that I attribute. Moreover, if nothing means anything in life, then there is no true reason in living. We are all just postponing the inevitable great equalizer we call ‘death.’ Why not just skip the hardship, pain, and suffering that exists in this world and get straight to a place where we cannot feel its

The optimism bias Jazmin Arias California State University, Fresno Information ____ Podcast ___X__ TED talk or video Name of Podcast, TED talk, or video: The optimism bias URL Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias Topic Introduction This Ted Talk is about optimism bias which is the tendency to think more positively about a person’s life than to think negatively. We have these high expectations that good things would happen than bad ones. It is a positive bias

adversities, such as leading England which was on the verge of defeat. However, he would not have accomplished any of these feats unless he had used optimism. Optimism has the power to improve even the worst situations; it is the light at the end of the tunnel that will guide you through your troubles. Last summer I learned the importance of optimism when I went on a very physically demanding kayaking trip in Lake Superior. I remember eagerly signing

In the novel Candide, Voltaire satirizes the disillusionment of optimism by depicting a multitude of hardships seen around the world. Candide, the open-minded protagonist, has been exposed to Pangloss’s optimistic philosophy for the majority of his life. However, throughout the course of the novel, it becomes increasingly difficult to see the positive side of all the catastrophe surrounding him. It is only after he starts doubting this philosophy that Candide starts to become influenced by the teachings