Candide by Voltaire “We must cultivate our garden” Voltaire portrays Candide as society’s journey from pessimism to optimism. Candide comes to the realization that acceptance of the life given to a person allows that person to make the best out of it. Candide reacts to Pangloss by stating that “we must cultivate our garden” meaning a person not allowing mediocrity to govern his/her life‚ but by putting forth an effort to make the lives they are given the best one possible. Following the analogy
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- 您已加入 主会议室。 ( 下午2:34 ) - - 您的聊天权限已启用。 ( 下午2:34 ) - Rong Wang 下午2:34 I wanna ask about assignment two， what is portfolio？ does it similar as essay？ Roxanne Zolin 下午2:34 OK does anyone have any reflections about positive psychology? First question about assignment 2 下午2:34 - Torsten Nowell 已退出 主会议室。 ( 下午2:35 ) - - Torsten Nowell 已加入 主会议室。 ( 下午2:35 ) - Roxanne Zolin 下午2:35 Rong a portfolio is a collection of writings‚ your essay and your journal you can use photos and vidoes etc 下午2:35
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Faith Like A River Helen Keller once said‚ “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence”(brainyquotes.com). The level of faith that someone has can really show their true character and personality. This is shown in the story Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. This story is about a small rural family that is placed with an immense burden after the eldest son Davy kills two local boys and escapes prison. The Land family ventures out to find him and
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Voltaire’s novella‚ Candide‚ uses satire to discuss and criticise philosophical Optimism‚ the prevalent Catholic philosophy during his time period‚ the Enlightenment era. Voltaire himself was known to oppose this theory‚ and employed caricatural figures in his writing‚ such as the characters of Pangloss and Martin‚ to mock the ideas that they stand for. The old woman‚ as a character‚ is not a protagonist nor does she show up particularly frequently in the text‚ but she is significant to the theme
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point of society views? Pop-culture is all around us indeed. Music‚ television‚ and street posters are one of the most commonly used methods in viewing media. The pros and cons of pop culture weigh each other out. To me‚ media is a matter of optimism and pessimism; for example‚ “is the cup half empty‚ or half full?” a more related example to our current life style are women in the virtual world. A little inside about how women are perceived in media is that they are tall‚ thin‚ organized‚ and always
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obtain good decisions. This paper will give detail to three types of thinking with an individual‚ and in the workplace; pessimism‚ the emotional thinker‚ and the optimistic thinker‚ and the affects of each type of thinking. Pessimism Pessimism is an emotion shared by a large percentage of the human race and has a defined effect on critical thinking. Excessive pessimism is somewhat like depression and can interfere directly with a person’s ability to accurately and effectively interpret or
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The Pessimists View On Peace and Order Few things in life are more passionately sought after than peace and order. But are they actually obtainable? Peace‚ the absence of conflict and violence‚ and order‚ the state of managed chaos‚ will be debated by Frankenstein’s Creation and Hamlet. The Creation‚ currently wandering around Mont Blanc looking for his maker‚ will begin the discussion. Hamlet will follow up before he prepares for his duel with Laertes. Frankenstein’s Speech Peace; something I
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The novel The Giver is about a boy named Jonas that is selected to be the receiver. He goes through a lot of hard journeys. He has a little “Brother” named Gabriel. Gabriel is on the verge of being released to elsewhere. Jonas’ plan is to find elsewhere and save Gabriel from release. The Giver is a pessimistic novel. The Giver is a pessimistic novel because of the scary moments that happen to Jonas making it seem like something bad is going to happen to him. The giver is making the reader feel like
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better. Statistics have proven that positive thinking extends your life. Is the glass of water half full or half empty? In reality‚ it’s both! Reality. Realist. That is what we should be. It is the best possible option‚ no gloomy pessimism or blindly hopeful optimism. Just reality. As William Arthur Ward said‚ “The pessimist complains about the wind‚ the optimist expects it to change‚ the realist adjusts the
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Optimism is something we can improve with practice. Here are exercises rooted in scientific studies to help train your brain. PLAY INTERPERSONAL PING-PONG If you serve up a smile to people‚ they usually bounce it back. Hit them with a raymond mill snarl and watch them scowl instead. Research shows that facial expressions and the moods that accompany them are contagious‚ probably because they evolved as a means of nonverbal communication between people. You can use the infectious effects of a grin
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