Life Satisfaction In The Great Gatsby

Sustainable happiness goes back to the Greek philosophies in viewing ethical living as a legitimate vehicle for human happiness. Happiness can now be defined by which country we live in or what we believe in or even what century we grew up in. A society 's dominant value system dictates how happiness is measured. It can be measured by personal satisfaction which is a scale that rates a person’s happiness levels. This later mirrors the supreme value that person’s culture attaches to the desire and satiation of one’s self. Individuals that have a specific faith tend to have a framework from which they view their lives. With this framework they see their lives as having a purpose and meaning and as making a difference which provides them with …show more content…
Therefore, when assessing life satisfaction, Japanese and Koreans tend to show that their mood matters much more than what is happening around them. They tend to be a little more tense and on guard because they avoid trying to make any errors and want to pay the right respect to the right people. On the other hand, Diener explains how Hispanics and Americans tend to be more similar because they worry more about what good things they can get than bad things. Americans and Hispanics look more towards what’s going to go right for them vs looking at the bigger picture and looking at what they already have. For example, in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the culture ultimately was based on the common wealth and consumerism, materialism at which someone had. During the era of the 1920’s the perception of the American Dream was when an individual can achieve success in life regardless of family history or social status. This misperception of what culture and society was, is what led to Americans believing material things had more of an impact on their lives than their own happiness. John F Schumaker believed society …show more content…
She explains how negative mood variance disturbs the ability to perceive, remember, and reinforce existing or create new neural connections, whereas being happy improves the ability to be more cognitively alert and productive. Such as, a optimistic person vs. a pessimistic person. A optimistic person tends to have better moods and be more persevering and successful. Compared to a pessimistic person who tends to perform worse at school and with work, think negatively and automatically assume setbacks are permanent, pervasive and due to personal failings. Thus, the more someone focuses on negativity, the more synapses and neurons the brain will create and support that negative thought process. As a result, what we think and say reflects on the type of person we are and how we control our own happiness by doing