Optimism Essays

The film “Billy Elliot” is about a young boy who wants to be a dancer not a boxer, as his Dad wants him to be. Billy will do anything so he can dance and go to London. The story is set during the miner’s strike, which provides the backdrop to …

  Considering the imagery, tone, and/or level of confidence conveyed, compare and/or contrast Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” and Arnold’s “Dover Beach”; which poem better illustrates mid-Victorian stability and optimism? Which better illustrates late Victorian melancholy and uncertainty?       The Victorian era was remarkable for stability and economic prosperity. The Industrial …

High attitude means high altitude. This is in fact the basic principle behind attitude indicators in airplanes that measure the position of aircraft with respect to the horizon. While the plane is climbing up, it has a nose up attitude and while it is descending, it has a nose down …

When searching for optimism or pessimism in a novel, one of the first things taken into account is the title. “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is one of those books where the title gives nothing away, and is not understood until you have read the story. This book, …