There's a line in the movie Clockwise, John Cleese says
something like
(but worded better): I can stand the despair, it's the hope I
can't handle.
That line really struck home with me and I agree that hope's
got a lot to do with the appeal of much HB. The whole genre
seems built on the disparity between a character's real life
situation and what s/he strives for, still hopes for. The
story is built on the character's increasing inability to
ignore that contradiction. The character's actions are fueled
by the inability to give up hope.
Mark
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