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    3/16/2013 Happiness Life is a sunrise‚ the meteor‚ the smoke and fire‚ lightning‚ and the rainbow. Although life is short‚ it is actually brilliant. Unfortunately‚ we can’t do anything to expand the length of our life but to try to broaden it by cherishing every moment we are happy. Although all of us are seeking happiness in order to live our unique life‚ not all of us is able to discover it. Actually‚ the true of happiness is to know you are responsible for your own happiness‚ cherish what

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    Epicures and Stoics were trying to reach and achieve happiness in many different ways. In today’s world‚ many people are trying to reach and achieve happiness via many ways that depend on the personal perspective of people. I am going to discuss about how to find the true happiness and about how people describe their inner conditions in many special ways. Although some people describe the word happiness according to their personal perspective‚ true happiness does not depend on things that are around because

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    Biff Loman may not be the “Salesman” in Arthur Miller’s masterpiece‚ The Death of a Salesman‚ but he is the main character of the play. The character known as Biff Loman is at the root of his immediate family’s internal dilemmas and inner conflicts. Biff’s essence is what motivates the men in his family to choose the path that they take in life. For this reason‚ even when Biff is not present in a particular scene‚ he is still omnipresent because of his invisible pull on the actions and feelings of

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    Roosevelt’s New Deal Versus Hoover’s Societal Vacuum Hoover and Roosevelt had very different ideas on how the Depression should be handled. This was almost entirely a result of two integral differences in their schemas; Hoover was a Republican‚ and had basically worked his way through life‚ while Roosevelt was a Democrat‚ and had been born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth. As one can easily see‚ in many ways these two are complete opposites; in fact‚ if one looks at both their upbringing

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    Expectations According to the National Center for Education Statistics‚ a record of 21.8 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities in the fall of 2013‚ constituting an increase of about 6.5 million since the fall of 2000. An average of 87.4% of those students are also expected to graduate within six years of their enrollment year. And of course‚ one can only assume that the students have their own expectations from college as well. Students expect to attain a

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    Death of a Salesman: Tragedy of the Common Man Arthur Miller’s Willy Loman is a middle-aged businessman from New York‚ who has lost his touch in the working world and is struggling to make ends meet. In a changing business environment‚ Willy is unable to adapt to his surroundings in order to succeed. Though his abilities as a salesman have degraded over time‚ Willy is too proud to give up. He refuses a job that is offered to him‚ and instead he secretly gets money from his friends to make ends

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    In the story Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ the theme is Achieving the American Dream. The character‚ Willie Loman wants so much in his life to achieve the American Dream‚ which is the perfect job‚ wife and children. Most people consider the American dream to be the equal opportunity for someone to achieve success and prosperity through hard work. Loman has the entire thing one considers the American dream‚ but it’s not perfect enough for him. Willie has a job and tells his wife that he is

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    Materialism‚ Religion and Happiness 1. Definition of Happiness A.Difficulties of pursuing happiness B. Different levels of happiness needed in different stages 2. Relationship between happiness and materialism A. Definition of materialism B. Materialism is negatively related to happiness 3. Relationship between happiness and religion A. Definition of religion B. Reasons why religious people are happier (Christian and Buddhist) C. Religion is positively related to happiness 4.Conclusion

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    About Sharing Happiness We can only share happiness with others when we ourselves know how to be happy and are happy. If we are not happy (it means we don’t know how to be happy)‚ then how can we share happiness with others and ask others to be happy‚ when we don’t have happiness in ourselves? We can share our joy and happiness with all beings without any discrimination of human beings or non-human beings‚ good beings or bad beings‚ happy beings or unhappy beings‚ wise beings or ignorant beings

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    Importance of being Earnest‚ and Death of a Salesman display signs of sharing similar ideas of what is wrong with the society today. Both books display examples and contradictions between what society should be like‚ and what it is. The importance of being Earnest discusses issues such as the superficiality society‚ and how quickly they judge‚ the irresponsibility of people who are just “ Thrill Seekers” and the idea of how ignorant of a society we can be. Death of a Salesman discusses topics such as the

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