Stumbling on Happiness

The golden age in Greek mythology occurred in the lifespan of the first generation of human beings created by Zeus. The age is a period of very favorable living conditions and extremely content inhabitants. The people are extremely content in their existence and do not desire any sort of material gain. The Greek golden age ends very abruptly after the death of the first generation, which was known as the race of gold (90). Following the race of gold’s death, Zeus created a second generation…

Happiness, what is happiness? Joy, what does it feel like to experience joy? Change, how can a change so small affect your whole life. Do you ever just sit down and think to yourself, am I truly happy? What causes us, humans, to feel these overjoyed happy emotions? We may never know. In a second your whole life can change. But that second can feel like hours, and once it finally happens, you're happy. You're happy for that 1st week. 2 weeks go by and you're bored of what you have. 3 weeks later…

In Voltaire's Candide, two opposite characters are introduced to readers, Pangloss and Martin, the first demonstrating an optimistic perception on life, however the second represents a pessimistic perception on it. Both of these characters represents a diverse point of view of thought, applies his own ideas and beliefs to the world, and tries to persuade Candide of his own angle that he sees life from. This essay will compare and contrast both of the perceptions and how Candide reacts to both of…

God and the happy life. For them, God is related to a happy life but that happy life is vastly different for them both. In this essay, I’ll discuss Augustine and Aquinas’s view on the happy life but specifically the role of friendship in achieving happiness. I will focus on Augustine’s De Beata Vita (DBV) and City of God (COG) and Aquinas’s Summa Theologicae (SV). First, I will discuss Augustines view of the happy life. Second, I’ll discuss Aquinas’s view of the happy life. Third, I’ll discuss…

In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard at first grieves over the death of her husband, but when she gets upstairs, she finds her new found freedom. In the time frame of an hour, her freedom is snatched from her because her husband is alive. Through effective use of imagery, symbolism, and a third person limited narrator, Kate Chopin shows the reader Mrs. Mallard’s feelings about marriage. Chopin shows her usage of imagery by describing the feeling of Spring. When Mrs. Mallard…

Mi Infancia My Childhood I loved my childhood. Sure, to you it may seem like nothing, but I absolutely loved my childhood. I never had much, however I was content with what I had, scratch that; I loved what I had. I had freedom. I had a life where I could do what I wanted, when I wanted. I was able to roam free. Even if I had no toys to play with but the toys I could make or find at home. Even if we had no running water. Even if I wouldn’t have my first full can of coke until I was older…

Since the human appeared in the planet, he has started trying to create or search meaning of their lives. Freedom which is the essential part of people’s lives had been also confued with that kind of dilemma. Are we really free? Are we as a human being really care about meanings of our freedom when we make decisions? Those questions always made people to think about freedom as a philosophic concept. Albert Camus, one of the greatest philosophers and writers of 20th century is famous for his…

Robert James Waller once said, “Life is never easy for those who dream.” In A Raisin in The Sun everyone has a dream they wish to achieve while others think it is bizarre. The statement given by Robert James Waller is true because the texts A Raisin in The Sun and “Harlem: A Deferred Dream” prove that having a dream is not easy for someone, especially with major setbacks. Life is not easy for those who dream; however, it is manageable with perseverance and patience. The texts displayed above…

Final Essay Dr. Angela Duckworth asserts that positive, open mindsets lead to success over negative, fixed mindsets. Optimistic thinking is described to induce higher amounts of tenacity and to pursue new endeavors to strengthen oneself further. This self-strengthening is what leads one to success. Pessimistic thinking precipitates both avoidance and abandonment of challenges, which weakens oneself and puts a hiatus on one’s progress. From the author’s definitions of both mindsets, it is clear…

“Happiness, So Far So Close” How many times have people heard themselves or someone else say “If only I could be happy”? The harder people look the more difficult it is to find. People have searched for happiness for a long time in the wrong places and by distracting themselves. Our society has been confusing distractions which give you a temporary pleasure, with true happiness that is lasting and it doesn't just go away. “Pleasure exists when you have something-status, the high from a new lover…