For instance, Millicent says to herself, “How she had proved something to herself by going through everything, even rat court, and then deciding not to join the sorority at all” (406). Which proves she indeed gained her happiness by realizing that going through the rat court wasn’t the best choice for her but she did it. She also realized that she rather be with her friends than to be popular with the sorority.
In addition to those, Elise does the right thing in, The Opportunity, is by refusing to do the play which could lead to happiness. I know this because Elise tells the producer “’I read the play last night, I don’t want to be it’” (429). This shows that Elise, thought she would be happy to be on stage and preform in theatre, until she read the first play and she didn’t like it so she gained happiness by rejecting to do something she thinks isn’t