This Boys Life HOPE & OPTIMISM Flashcards
5 key points
Personas Hopefulness Optimistic Naive e Ambition
Personas
Jacks personas are partly fuelled by his hopefulness and belief that he can become whom he describes himself as.
Hopefulness
Rosemary is very hopeful, this helps her at times and hinders her at others.
Optimistic
Rosemary tries to look on the bright side and make the most of what she has.
Naive
Sometimes Rosemary is very naive in her hopefulness.
Ambition
Jack is very ambitious but he often does not realise that he is unable to fulfil his ambitions.
6 quotes
MASK GREEN SING LEAVING POSSIBILITIES Job
Mask quote
When she was worried she wore a tight lipped mask. Now the mask was gone.”
Green quote
When we are green, still half created, we believe that our dreams are rights.
Toby reflects on how joyous he felt the night he and Chuck drove back from their trip to Seattle. The term “green” connotes youth and innocence, and in this state of “greenness,” Jack feels entitled to the glorious future he has planned for himself. This future, however, is entirely within Jack’s imagination, and in thinking of his life, Jack completely disregards reality and gives no consideration to how he will actually achieve his goals.
Job
He said there was no work in salt lake. But his letter was so friendly! My mother just knew she’d get a job.
Sing
He had better luck teaching me to sing, while he took tenor, the bass line in the glee club songs.
Leaving
After all these years of thinking about leaving, I actually did it.
Possibilities and meaning
She believed in its possibilities.
This is their place in Seattle, and it shows how dreams impact reality. Jack’s mom moves them into a dump convinced that they can turn it into a palace. (Spoiler alert: they don’t.)
