There is optimism in all literature known to man, if not optimism then it would be pessimism. They constitute the basis of all literary work. It is found today in many books and poems. In the novel Fahrenheit451 by Ray Bradbury evaluates the theme of optimism. Author Ray Bradbury is about a man named Montag who lives in a society where firefighters burn houses down instead of putting out fires. Montag searches for the good in books that are banned in this dystopian society where knowledge is forbidden to leave society. He and other literature scholars pave the way for him to learn knowledge and freedom of thought which are against the law in this society. Montag falls in love with books so much that he tries to find someone who can teach him about books and their importance in life. The world would collapse without knowledge, no one would have a clue what to do or how to eat since they don't have that knowledge at their fingertips. Optimism can also be found in William Ernest Henley's “Invictus,” Alexander Solzheitsynand's “Freedom to Breathe” and Elie Wiesel's “Acceptance of the Nobel Prize” speech. In the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest, optimism can be found in the quote “my head is bloodied, but inflected” (2). This shows that no matter what negative things happen in your life, no matter how bad they are, you can always get something positive out of them. Optimism is also reflected in the quote “my invincible soul” (1). This shows how confident and positive he is and shows that he puts negative emotions aside and only positive emotions increase and overcome negative emotions. He only lets the positive in and lets the negative stay outside so that nothing can conquer his soul. He thanks the gods for his "invincible soul...... middle of paper...... in this person's life for example, the 2 poems I quoted, the writers were in prison and depressed yet they show mercy and seek compassion rather than victory, you have to show compassion after being in prison for speaking your mind Making someone want to kill someone for doing you. this can be found wherever the common method of writing is to understand whether he will be optimistic or pessimistic. In the novel "Fahrenheit 451" he has both, he shows a lot of pessimism but demonstrates d. optimism especially at the end where the city is bombed and everyone dies except Montag and the professor as well as the new friends Bradbury, Ray “Fahrenheit 451”. To Breathe by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Invictus by William Henley and the Nobel Prize acceptance speech