Somebody once said that “when one has reached rock bottom, the only place for them to go, is up,” and that is precisely what Jenny, from “Circus in Town” by Sinclair Ross, and Chris Gardner, from “Happyness For Sale,” which is an interview conducted by Jia Lynn Yang, did. Although Jenny and Chris come from less fortunate families, they optimistically proceed forward towards what life has installed for them. Jenny, in “Circus in Town” dreams of participating in the audience of a circus, but due to her family circumstances, her family denies the right to go to the circus. However, because she was not able to attend the circus, she immersed herself into her own imagination of “the world around her - an elephant, a brass band in red coats, [and]
