Act of Hope Discussion

Act of Hope Discussion

My research is an act of hope because it attempts to engage with the challenges of mental health understanding with the hope of evoking empathy through its intricate representations in literature. Works like Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows and Melville’s Bartleby The Scrivener motivate me to cultivate empathy towards mental health to counter stigma. In addition, my focus is to bring about a shift in perception that seeks to speak of mental illness not as an abstract notion but as a reality that requires empathy and active support. These efforts are extremely important because literature can portray the existing social attitude as well as shape it (Maghfiroh, 2024). For example, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is a recent read of mine, and it has profoundly altered my understanding of mental health. Plath’s experiences with the merciless onslaughts of depression underscore the need for honest discussions on these matters. This experience reinforces my understanding that literature can advocate for change by depicting the dire realities of mental illness and the understanding that it is essential for society to adopt.

References

Maghfiroh, D. (2024). Narratives of mental health in modern prose literature. Journal of Literary Prose and Society, 1(1). https://jlps.polteksci.ac.id/index.php/jlps/article/view/1

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Act of Hope Discussion

This discussion question may provoke you to see your research project in grander terms, as an active piece of writing that can affect change in some way. Additionally, it should encourage you to consider what texts you have read that changed them somehow.

Act of Hope Discussion

Isabel Allende writes, “… writing is an act of hope, a sort of communion with our fellow men. The writer of good will carries a lamp to illuminate the dark corners. Only that, nothing more—a tiny beam of light to show some hidden aspect of reality, to help decipher and understand it and thus to initiate, if possible, a change in the conscience of some readers” (598).

In a well-developed paragraph (at least 150 words), respond to the following:

How is your research project an act of hope?
What kind of change in conscience do you hope to initiate?
What was the last text (of any kind) that you read that made you feel this way?