The
best literary examples of denial and believing that everything is
perfect revolve around Denethor in The Return of the King. The first is
that he wouldn't accept that Mordor was now a threat and was trying to
govern the country of ten years previously, and the second was that his
son Faramir had become a brave adult, which ultimately led to Denethor's
death when he couldn't handle the truth due to such a huge gap between
the world he wanted and the world he was in. Such behaviour caused him
to commit suicide, and is a good reminder that people need to recognize
reality and not live in the world of wants, but live in the present and
dream for the future. Such behaviour destroys relationships
(Denethor-Faramir) and people.
This form of denial also exists with politicians with the right wing in Europe and the United States refusing to admit that laissez-faire economics is ineffective at creating growth, and climate change deniers.
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