Loss Of Hope In Notes From A Bottle By James Stevenson

Hope is Key

When forced to go through hardships in life, it is very easy to lose hope that everything will be okay. In “Notes From a Bottle,” by James Stevenson, when a horrific flood hits the city, people are struggling to stay alive and having difficulty holding on to hope in tough times of life. Stevenson reveals that hope is necessary to overcome troubling times in life.

Unfortunately, when people lose hope one often gives up but it should always be kept and held on to. When everyone is gathered on the roof “[n]o one wants to accept the situation as last,” (Steveson 377). People are too quick to give up hope. People all think that when the worst comes that it is the ned that there is no hope but yet, if one thinks positive and keeps hope in the survival and that everything will be okay, then it might just happen that the hopes will come true. If there is nothing left, always hold on to hope. It shows that the characters in “Notes From a Bottle,” all gave up and lost hope when they thought there was nothing left, when really the characters need to hope and stick together to make it through rough times.
As everyone gathers on the roof they start to realize that “[o]ur rooftop [is packed] with people; many huddle against the chimneys, trying to keep away from the bitter wind.” (377). This quote shows, in times of catastrophes, people join together because they have lost hope and everything else, when the characters should keep holding on to hope. The characters are all huddled on the roof together to try to survive, also show support for one another so that the characters all do not think the worst will happen. The characters in the short story are all trying to survive and are not thinking that there still might be some hope in their future for