Tiểu luận Văn học Mỹ

HUE UNIVERSITY
INFORMATICS AND OPEN INSTITUTE
Họ tên: Phạm Thị Hồng Gấm
Mã sinh viên: 7052900452
Ngày sinh: 08/12/1980

AMERICAN LITERATURE 1&2

Part 1. Write a short professional bio data about your profession, responsibilities,
education, interests, and current work (no more than 150 words).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My full name is Pham Thi Hong Gam. I am a tax officer in Huong Son – Duc Tho
Regional Tax Department. I graduated in economics from Hanoi University of
Agriculture. With the knack of corporate accounting, before entering the tax
industry, I used to work as an accountant for many businesses. Currently, I am a
tax inspector. My job is to check the compliance with tax laws for businesses in the
area. Because I have many years of experience as an accountant, this job makes me
love it. I often spend a lot of time studying documents and policies on tax laws so
that I can improve my knowledge and guide taxpayers to comply with regulations.
As technology is developing, the tax industry has now also had many innovative
steps in tax declaration and payment. Taxpayers now completely carry out tax
procedures electronically, so they have saved a lot of time and management
efficiency for tax authorities ...
I am majoring in English language to improve my language skills and hope to meet
my English needs at work.
Part 2. Choose one of these questions which are given in the task and answer it
in a 300-words essay.
3.Optimistic spirit can help people live better and overcome obstacles in life. How
can you prove this opinion by analyzing the role of hope revealed in the poem
“Hope is the Thing with Feathers” and Rip’s ways of adapting to the new life in
“Rip Van Winkle”? How is the optimistic spirit important to your positive thinking?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“Optimism can help people live better and overcome obstacles in life “

In daily life, with so many worries and hardships, we have many difficult
challenges that if we want to continue, we must try to overcome. Happiness in life
depends a lot on each person's own perspective and thoughts. Therefore, the spirit of


optimism is a valuable tranquilizer to help us firmly walk and feel the true value of
life. And the poem “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” is a testament to the
importance of hope in our lives.
‘Hope is the Thing with Feathers’ is a beautiful, metaphorically driven poem.
Throughout, Dickinson uses the bird in her usual homiletic style, inspired by
religious poems and Psalms. Hope, according to Emily Dickinson, is the sole
abstract entity weathering storms after storms, bypassing hardships with eventual
steadiness. It remains unabashed in the harshest of human conditions and
circumstances, enabling a thicker skin.
Why is hope called “the thing with feathers?”
Dickinson crafts this metaphor in order to describe the fleeting and beautiful nature
of hope. It is at once beautiful and fragile, as a bird is. It “perches” in the soul, as if
tentative.
She said that hope is beautiful, perches in the heart like a bird, and can outlast the
most difficult conditions. It is also selfless. It has never asked her for anything
despite its constant presence.
And Rip’s ways of adapting to the new life in “Rip Van Winkle”
Rip Van Winkle found himself in an altered reality upon awakening, he too had
experienced the disconcerting thrill of entering a bizarre society. He found himself
lonely and lost in that society, at first he was unable to integrate with the people and
life there. He embarked on a journey of adaptability and open-mindedness. He
immerses himself in the customs and peculiarities of these unknown lands, seeking
to understand the motivations and values that underpin their way of life. He had
wandered through a strange society.
For me, the spirit of optimism has a great role in human life. It helps us live

more happily, enjoy the beauty of life, and make life more colorful. In addition,
optimists will always transmit positive energy to others. The spirit of optimism is
extremely important, along with the will, optimism will help people get closer to
success.