14th March 2012 The Pursuit of Happiness We go through life blinded by the green light of society‚ like primordial chaos embedded upon us. We lead superficial lives feigning ignorance‚ surrounding ourselves with the desires of social status. We exemplify the Max Weber philosophy of social stratification based on three dimensions of social interaction of wealth‚ prestige and power. F. Scott. Fitzgerald has demonstrated this in his timeless idealistic novel the Great Gatsby. Therefore what is
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Ignorance is happiness Think about communication now‚ how do people talk to each other? Think about entertainment‚ how do people have fun? Or how about knowledge‚ how do people share information? How do people find out about history? People today use cell phones‚ the Internet‚ and the television. But until about a century ago‚ no one had any of that. No one had Phones or flat screen TV’s. No one had Facebook or Twitter accounts. So how did people back then live and work? The answer is with
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The Pursuit of Happiness‚ which is inspired by a true story of Wall Street legend - Christ Gardner‚ is absolutely one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Once watching it‚ your heart can easily be touched to every inch because of the meaningful message it brings: everybody can do everything with determination and…love. The movie is performed by excellent actors who truly make the film. Will Smith‚ a Hollywood action superstar‚ plays in this very dramatic movie with his real-life son-Jaden Smith.
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Step 1: Generating Ideas * Read Destiny by Shalini Akhil * Answer the following questions: The text a) Who are the characters? b) What is a lungi‚ and what are rotis? c) What do you think is the message of this piece? Yourself d) What did you want to be “when you grew up”? Try to remember a really idealistic dream from when you were quite young. Go back to that memory and write a paragraph describing all the details of that dream: why you wanted it‚ how you imagined yourself to look
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Happiness is a Choice Ian On a biting night where frosts condense on grass and leaves‚ I stood alone in the voiceless bus stop‚ waiting for the delayed bus that barely anyone uses. Rain soaked through my jacket while the wind scratched my face like sharp knives. Because big technology companies and universities specialized in computer programming are all located in the states‚ I had to leave my affectionate family and study alone in a foreign place where I knew no one. “But it is worth
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A sense of belonging requires understanding and acceptance. This is displayed through Steven Herrick’s the simple gift which explores ideas such as alienation‚ security of a home place and connectedness. Also Sean Penn’s “Into to the Wild” which explores ideas that‚ a sense of belonging can only be found when one is in solitude and isolated from others and that everyone has a place where they are accepted. An idea demonstrating that a sense of belonging requires understanding and acceptance is
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Pleasure‚ happiness and the Good Life for Siddhartha Pleasure is not happiness. After extensively analyzing Hermann Hesse’s “Siddhartha” and Richard Taylor’s “Happiness” it is clear that pleasure is not needed to have a good life. We also see how pleasure can be destructive. “It is very common for modern philosophers‚ and others too‚ to confuse happiness with pleasure.”(Taylor). Many people think that happiness and pleasure are the same‚ but really they are two completely different things. Happiness
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The pursuit of Happyness 1. What was Chris Gardner’s American dream‚ and why did he choose this to be his dream? Chris Gardner’s American dream in this movie is that he wants to be able to support his family financially. He chooses this to be his dream‚ when he sees how much the poverty affects his life with his family. His wife gets frustrated because she feels that she is working really hard when he can’t even sell one machine so they can pay their rent. It also pains him to see his son’s face
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In order the answer the question of what happiness is and where to find it the Dalai Lama suggests an optimistic spiritual path to find it to introduce readers to the subject in his article‚ “New Ethic for a Small Planet”‚ while Andrew Guest’s “Pursuing the Science of Happiness” reviews different findings of researches in several fields as well as his own. Reading these two together‚ with the Dalai Lama’s article first and Guest second‚ readers can gain a holistic view of the topic and a tangible
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Gatsby’s Pursuit of the American Dream The Great Gatsby‚ a novel by Scott Fitzgerald‚ is about the American Dream‚ and the downfall of those who attempt to reach its impossible goals. The attempt to capture the American Dream is used in many novels. This dream is different for different people; but‚ in The Great Gatsby‚ for Jay‚ the dream is that through wealth and power‚ one can acquire happiness. To get this happiness Jay must reach into the past and relive an old dream; and‚ in order to do this
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