For my summer reading assignment we read The Once and Future King by T.H. White.
The assignment for the reading states:
"After reading through chapter 14 of The Once and Future King, you should realize that Arthur moves from a pessimistic outlook of life to a more optimistic one. List below, in your own words, the ideas from the outline which are pessimistic and those which are optimistic."
And then a chart is provided for me to fill in optimistic and pessimistic ideas which are presented throughout the novel.
Then there is an essay prompt which states:
"Based on your response to the above exercise, do you feel that the entire novel, The Once and Future King; is pessimistic or optimistic in its overall outlook? Support your answer with at least three reasons. You must include textual evidence from the novel to support your argument."
For my essay I was hoping to lean more toward the optimistic side of the argument. I do understand what optimism & pessimism mean and I have found a few examples of both throughout the novel, but I was wondering if the examples I found to support my argument of optimism are any good.
So far I've found these examples of optimism:
-Arthur's optimism keeps him from believing the love affair between Guenever and Lancelot.
-Arthur is able to see through the myths that glorify war. (I don’t know how to support or elaborate on this though...)
And I am still searching for a 3rd example...
So my questions for anyone who wishes to help are:
I need help finding good examples of optimism in TO&FK that I can elaborate on and support with textual evidence.
How can I elaborate on how Arthur sees through myths that glorify war?
& any other advice/help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You to all who take the time to read all this and help me out!
I know it’s a lot to ask, but any help at all is great to me!
Again, thank you!!!
The assignment for the reading states:
"After reading through chapter 14 of The Once and Future King, you should realize that Arthur moves from a pessimistic outlook of life to a more optimistic one. List below, in your own words, the ideas from the outline which are pessimistic and those which are optimistic."
And then a chart is provided for me to fill in optimistic and pessimistic ideas which are presented throughout the novel.
Then there is an essay prompt which states:
"Based on your response to the above exercise, do you feel that the entire novel, The Once and Future King; is pessimistic or optimistic in its overall outlook? Support your answer with at least three reasons. You must include textual evidence from the novel to support your argument."
For my essay I was hoping to lean more toward the optimistic side of the argument. I do understand what optimism & pessimism mean and I have found a few examples of both throughout the novel, but I was wondering if the examples I found to support my argument of optimism are any good.
So far I've found these examples of optimism:
-Arthur's optimism keeps him from believing the love affair between Guenever and Lancelot.
-Arthur is able to see through the myths that glorify war. (I don’t know how to support or elaborate on this though...)
And I am still searching for a 3rd example...
So my questions for anyone who wishes to help are:
I need help finding good examples of optimism in TO&FK that I can elaborate on and support with textual evidence.
How can I elaborate on how Arthur sees through myths that glorify war?
& any other advice/help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You to all who take the time to read all this and help me out!
I know it’s a lot to ask, but any help at all is great to me!
Again, thank you!!!