As part of her research Rubin underwent a year-long experiment where she examined her behaviors as well as her interactions with others and documented them by months. The focus of her month of July was to find out if people could, in fact, buy happiness. Early in this chapter Rubin says, “I asked myself, ‘Can money help buy happiness?’ The answer: yes, used wisely, it can. Whether rich or poor people make choices about how they spend money, and those choices can boost happiness or undermine it” (293). By letting her audience know that happiness can be bought if the right choices are made, she effectively engages the interest of the reader even further; Whether they agree or disagree, the attempt to pique the reader’s interest is strong and effective. After saying that both rich or poor can be influenced by their financial decisions and both are able to buy their own happiness, she strengthens her statement and those who may have thought “the poor can’t buy happiness; only the rich can. I don’t have that kind of money” are influenced to continue reading about how they, too, can buy
As part of her research Rubin underwent a year-long experiment where she examined her behaviors as well as her interactions with others and documented them by months. The focus of her month of July was to find out if people could, in fact, buy happiness. Early in this chapter Rubin says, “I asked myself, ‘Can money help buy happiness?’ The answer: yes, used wisely, it can. Whether rich or poor people make choices about how they spend money, and those choices can boost happiness or undermine it” (293). By letting her audience know that happiness can be bought if the right choices are made, she effectively engages the interest of the reader even further; Whether they agree or disagree, the attempt to pique the reader’s interest is strong and effective. After saying that both rich or poor can be influenced by their financial decisions and both are able to buy their own happiness, she strengthens her statement and those who may have thought “the poor can’t buy happiness; only the rich can. I don’t have that kind of money” are influenced to continue reading about how they, too, can buy