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 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 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