In paragraph 16, ayer discusses the idea that many jews “simply refused to believe that things would get any worse.” helen echoes this opinion in the next paragraph, commenting that her father “was still stubbornly optimistic about the future." what do you think caused this disconnect between the brutal experience of the pogrom and the persistent optimism ayer mentions? support your inferences with textual evidence and make annotations to explain your choices.

Ipronounced his name, offering him at the same time my hand: he took it, smiling and saying, “we shall do very well by-and-by.” then he laid me down, and addressing bessie, charged her to be very careful that i was not disturbed during the night. having given some further directions, and intimates that he should call again the next day, he departed; to my grief: i felt so sheltered and befriended while he sat in the chair near my pillow… (chapter 3) this passage, in which jane first meets the doctor, is an example of