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(prenominal) 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 about bend, while others break. Though at times the great unwashed fall short of their goals, it is not necessarily the human lot to try and fail sometimes plenty make the choice to fail by losing hope, or by vie evolveg 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 acquire in their endeavors, humans are not predestined to fail.Hope is arguably the one topic that supports humans moving forward. Without it, there is no motivation, no creator to wake up in the morning. When state start to lose hope, they start to lose a part of them selves, and are driven toward despair. In The Awakening, the protagonist, Edna, says all over 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 plunge 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 exponent.What exactly is failure? It is, according to the dictionary, Lack of success. Man y people 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.