Hope is a Necessity In a world that is so unpredictable, sometimes there is nothing else that a person can do to make a situation better besides hoping for a good outcome. Hope can have a big impact on the way people view the world, and can potentially save lives. Hope is communicated in many ways, including a variety of art forms, such as literature. Some examples of literature that show how powerful having hope can be are the novel Soledad Brother by George Jackson, the short story Salvation by Langston Hughes, the short story Superheroes, Just for Each Other by Peter S. Goodman and the article Man Needs Hope to Live, by Christopher Kaczor. These literary works show that even the smallest bit of hope can help a person make wiser decisions regarding his or her future, but having no hope for the future leads people to make choices that are ethically wrong.
Soledad Brother by George Jackson is a piece of literature that shows that hope can sway a person’s decision about the actions that he or she takes. The novel is written in the stream of consciousness writing style. All the letters that Jackson writes show that he has hatred towards the system in which he is living in. Jackson was sentenced to one year to life in jail. Even though Jackson has some repulsive thoughts about the police officers and their ideas, he does nothing to express his opinion about the police officers, such as starting an argument or fight with the police officers, because he has hope that if
Being hopeful is an eye opening experience that encourages people to move forward in a difficult situation. The author of the book Station Eleven is Emily St. John Mandel is a novel that details this exact thing. This novel has these three characters that demonstrate a sense hope; Kirsten, Clark, and Jeevan. Kirsten’s hopefulness in this novel is to have civilization restored which gives her a positive look on things. Clark makes the Museum of civilization to help remain positive and give other people a sense of hope that things are going to be ok. Jeevan always has hope that he can help people with his medical experience and that he’ll do everything he can to help them. These three characters have a huge understanding of what it means to have hope and to never give up. By examining the characters in station eleven, it is clear that many of the characters had a feeling of hope which encouraged them to persevere in hard situations.
In the novel, Founding Brother’s by Joseph Ellis, Ellis depicts six defining events from U.S. History. These six events explore the challenges and realities that the American Founding Fathers faced as they built up the American government that we know today and what occurred afterwards. Ellis focuses the novel on the most prominent members of the Founding Fathers which include: George Washington; John and Abigail Adams; Thomas Jefferson; Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; Benjamin Franklin; and Aaron Burr. Ellis examines the relationships and conflicts that these men were faced with, and how exactly the events were affected by the conflicted time period that they lived in and how they established their influence in American history.
In the novel My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1863 a young girl named Virginia Dickens is left by her father and her brother Jed, who is eighteen years old, from their home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to help Virginia's Uncle Jack hide his horses from the Confederate soldiers.Virginia Dickens, who is a nine year old in the year of 1863 wants to go with them, but her father says that the safest place for her is right in her own hometown, Gettysburg, with Rev. McCully's wife. Jed entrusts his journal to her, and he asks her to write in it for him while he's gone --- to be his eyes and ears and tell him everything she thinks and feels. The author "Mary Pope Osborne" writes about this little girl in the form of the diary. The book takes place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is a Historical fiction book.
“The Rich Brother” written by Tobias Wolff seems to be about the conflict between two brothers but might also be about the kind of wealthiness that they both have within them that displayed through the meaning of rich.
Father and Son by Bernard McLaverty 'Father and Son' by Bernard McLaverty is a short story which is set in
There are many other examples where this novel is mostly about maintaining hope despite what they go through. There was also a situation where they really had to maintain hope in the beginning and in the end. In the beginning of the novel, they were separated from the rest of the family, which were his sisters and his mom. He and his dad
When faced with an obstacle, most but not all people would not know how to handle or go about it.Everyone tries to look for something to help them get over these obstacles or problems that are blocking their way into success or whatever it is that they are trying to accomplish or reach.Hope is one such common method that is and should be used in beating said obstacles.Such method can be seen in “Blak’s story” by Yanier Franklin Donald Moore and “On Being Seventeen,Bright-And Unable tuse of it, and Raymond dealing with his dyslexia, which he manages to deal with over time.In both “Blak’s story” and “Being 17,Bright-And Unable to Read”,the authors convey hope as being powerful enough in helping one in overcoming their adversities or obstacles
“Hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.” (225) In the novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, Billie Jo, a young girl living in the Oklahoma Panhandle, finds herself in a tough situation when she sees her mother, the “glue” of her family die, and her beloved farm fail. This situation causes Billie Jo to look for hope to help her get through this tough stage of her life. Similar to Billie Jo, during a person’s life, when he or she is in a hardship or in a tough time, usually, the only thing that gets them through is hope.
Hope Was Here Essay People face struggles everyday. In the novel, Hope Was Here, The characters Braverman and Hope face tremendous struggles in the story. They struggled with living life without both parents and struggles from others. They also struggled with losing a loved one and I struggled with that same issue. There are many ways to face challenges in life, the question is, how will you chose to face them.
People sometimes have tough ordeals. Some may act negatively toward the problem, but the people that act positively toward the problem are able to see hope in places where they wouldn’t expect it to be in. People have been through cruelty, yet they continue to stay positive. People still have the positivity to cling onto their last hope, or even continue to think positively when there is no hope at all. People like Anne Frank, in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, continue to stay positive throughout the horrible ordeals that have happened. Some of the Japanese in Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference have continued to stay hopeful while in internment
"The Tattooed Man: Confessions of a Hopemonger" is about the significance of teaching hope. Kohl emphasizes that, before anything else can be accomplished, teachers should challenge the hopelessness felt by students. Kohl writes, "....hope can be sold, it can be taught or least spread, it can survive in
To have hope is to be able to see the light amid the darkness. This is a notion shown in Ned Vizzini’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”. The protagonist is a teenage boy named Craig, who struggles with depression. One night, Craig checks himself into a hospital because of his suicidal thoughts. He then gets placed in the adult psychiatric ward called Six North. The novel “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” demonstrates that it is crucial to remain positive during hard times as there will be better days, with the usage of conflicts and characters. This is important because everyone undergoes hardships at some point in their life and must be able to prevail.
Andy’s interventions have implicit the word hope. Hope of being free, of achieve the things you desire the most. Of fighting for your dreams.
From the novel Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, the author, writes about the importance of hope people should have during difficult times to make them stronger. For instance, he states, “The kind of hope that creates a willingness to position oneself in a hopeless place and be a witness, that allows one to believe in a better future, even in the face of abusive power. That kind of hope makes one strong” (Stevenson 219). A person who gave people hope that made them strong was Vera Brittain. She was the author of “Testament of Youth” which stated horror of World War One ("Vera Brittain Biography"). Vera Brittain brought hope to people during the World War One and even brings hope to people today.
Fear is inevitably tied to the common saying “I am watching you”. When one’s actions are constantly monitored and privacy being relentlessly invaded, the individual soon will possess a sort of fear. In the novel Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, the government uses surveillance as a tool for exploiting the privacy of the people which then engages their fear.