[A] Have your hopes, Goals, and dreams ever changed your daily life? [B] The purpose of this essay is to explain the purpose and ways of hope and how it affects daily lives using “The Will and Ways of Hope” by Scott Kaufman, “How We Lose Hope And How To Get It Back” by Joe Wilner, “The Secret Life by Walter Mitty” by Moses Ma, and “Children of War in Uganda” by Keith Morrison and Tim Sandler. [C] Hopes, goals, and dreams change the way that people live. [D] Hopes, dreams, and goals encourage people to make plans for a fulfilling future, to try their best, and to work hard to achieve a fulfilling future.
[E] To begin, people are encouraged by hopes, dreams, and goals, to make plans for a fulfilling future. [F] George and Lennie in “Of Mice …show more content…
[F] Walter Mitty, in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, not only tried his best, but traveled multiple places across the world, risking his life many times. [G] In the article “How We Lose Hope And How To Get It Back”, Joe Wilner writes, “Hope is a crucial part of dealing with life’s problems and maintaining resilience is the face of obstacle”(Wilner). [H] Walter Mitty did the best he could do because hope had turned his life around. [J] Even though Walter was challenged many times throughout his journey, he did his best to complete his job. [K] In the article “The Will and Ways of Hope“, Scott Kaufman writes, “Hope allows people to approach problems with a mindset and strategy-set suitable to success, thereby increasing the chances they will actually accomplish their goals” (Kaufman). [L] Hope made Walter believe that he could finish his job by putting him in the hopeful mindset suitable to success. [M] Walter was able to accomplish his goals because hope had allowed him to approach problems in a positive way. [N] In conclusion, hope encourages people to try their best, even when their best isn’t good enough to complete a …show more content…
[F] The children in “War Dance” set goals, worked hard, and planned to win. [G] In the article “The Wills and Ways of Hope”, Scott Kaufman writes, “High hope students (relative to low hope students) were also more likely to have graduated and were less likely to be dismissed from school due to bad grades” (Kaufman). [H] Students with high hope worked harder than students with low hope, like in “War Dance”, when Dominic worked hard and won the award for performing the best on his instrument. [I] In “War Dance”, Dominic won and later went to school to practice music because he worked to to get there. Making plans and working hard helped Dominic set out for a fulfilling future. [J] To obtain a fulfilling future, the children had to set achievable goals. [K] In the article “How We Lose Hope And How To Get It Back”, author Joe Wilner wrote, “ In order for goals to uplift and enliven us we need goals that are challenging and motivating yet still realistic” (Wilner). [L] Hopes, dreams, and goals only helped the children win because the goals they set challenged them, but were still realistic. [M] The challenging goals encouraged the children to try harder. [N] In conclusion, the articles written by Scott Kaufman and Joe Wilner show that hopes, dreams, and goals encourage people to work harder to achieve a fulfilling