Themes of Hope and Failure in The Awakening and The Outcasts of Poker F

To Fail or not to FailThe characters of Edna, Mr. Oakhurst, The Innocent, Piney, Mother Shipton, and The Duchess all face different forms of failure in their respective stories, The Awakening and The Outcasts of Poker Flat. Each character has a unique response to failure round bend, while others break. Though at times plurality fall short of their goals, it is not necessarily the human lot to try and fail sometimes tidy sum make the choice to fail by losing hope, or by vie allureg death as failure, or by having a negative outlook on life, but it is essentially they themselves who allow the failure- it all stems from the persons perspective and individual choices. Even though humans dont always get through in their endeavors, humans are not predestined to fail.Hope is arguably the one affair that lapses humans moving forward. Without it, there is no motivation, no spring to wake up in the morning. When the great unwashed start to lose hope, they start to lose a part of themselv es, and are driven toward despair. In The Awakening, the protagonist, Edna, says everywhere and over again how despondent she is, which leads to her eventual suicide. It has been said that There is no failure except in no longer trying, and sadly, Edna gave into despair and lost the will to keep going. She felt as though life was no longer worth the effort, and decided death would be better than living a lie. And yet, theres always more than one door to take. Edna didnt search for other options- for her, it was either be untrue to her feelings, live without Robert, or death. She was too strong to dismantle the first, but too weak toconsider the second she was awakened to her feelings, but blind to alternatives. Dorothy Thompson once said, Courage, it would se... ...e Billys failure to do the right thing probably wasnt much of a failure to him. Perspective defines failure, not some outside wad.What exactly is failure? It is, according to the dictionary, Lack of success. Many pe ople say that failure isnt the falling down, but the staying down. But who are we to say? Lack of hope, the thought that death and failure are one and the same, and a pessimistic outlook on life can cause someone to fail, but thankfully not everyone falls victim to these. Failure is always controversial, because people view things and events differently. As Elaine Maxewell once said, My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no mans doing but my own. I am the force I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice my responsibility win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.