http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/books/review/Kennedy.t.html?pagewanted=all
http://blog.mattmecham.com/2007/05/29/cormack-mccarthy-the-road/
Hope:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dont-delay/200805/coping-and-procrastination-the-role-hope
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CGoQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swarthmore.edu%2FSocSci%2Fbschwar1%2Fpitfalls.pdf&ei=5epxT-OyKoPC0QGIlOWgAQ&usg=AFQjCNHKErPOuXD1lgCFc7gjizHGBkt_jg&sig2=Iz-GAe8EOtNQLnsdv7Ws9g
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joyce-mcfadden/the-psychology-of-hope-an_b_141856.html