In this millennium‚ English is very essential all around the world. English is spoken as a first language by around 375 million and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world. According to an article by British Council‚ "One out of four of the world’s population speak English to some level of competence; demand from the other three-quarters is increasing." In this essay‚ i will provide 2 reasons as to why students should focus on English as a subject in Malaysia. First of
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What is a problem without a solution? An unanswerable question? One is open to believe they have found a question so complex that it requires no actual answer. And I believe I have found something similar. I ask myself along with many of my friends and family all the time what happiness is. What it is intended to be or even how it is perceived. Of course I get bland responses which reiterate Merriam-Webster’s definition of happiness and that is such a nuisance. Something which is so complex and divine
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The pursuit of happiness in American society means that you have to be making money. We pursue money and liken it to happiness. We assume that the more of it we have‚ the happier that we will be. Unfortunately‚ this is not the case. If you take a moment to look a millionare and billionares they are just as unhappy if not moreso. This I believe is because the old adage is correct. Money cannot buy happieness. This is because if we base how happy we are on how much money we have we will always be worried
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Gross National Happiness Question Two: GDP and HDI are at odds with GNH on the one level that highlights the immeasurable but important positives of life. As stated‚ GDP seeks to measure social welfare on the basis of economic prosperity in terms of the nation’s success (and thus‚ capacity) to produce goods/services. GNH on the other hand measures just that; the holistic approach to happiness‚ ie‚ mental well being independent of materialistic objects of prosperity. The problem therefore
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Wealth‚ Less Happiness Most people want and aim to be wealthy. But one of the key findings of happiness research is: Although more money delivers big increases in happiness when you are poor‚ each extra dollar makes less difference once your basic needs have been met. Having more income may not necessarily bring more happiness. Studies show that when incomes rise for everybody‚ well-being doesn’t change much. Surveys have found virtually the same level of happiness between the very rich Americans
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True Happiness Uncovered Guy Montag has a story like any other character in a novel. Living in a society where human interactions aren’t all that popular and where books are not even legal‚ Montag must find his source of happiness. Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ tells Montag’s story through the ideas of others and how they have or haven’t found happiness. Everyone deserves to be happy‚ even if that means going against society’s rules. Clarisse‚ a friend of Montag’s‚ was his first insight to
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Great Gatsby it is evident to see that money cannot buy happiness and it will never allow those to achieve the American Dream. The superficiality of the 1920’s society is clearly evident through the characters including Jay Gatsby‚ Tom and Daisy Buchanan‚ and Myrtle Wilson. As the novel continues to develop it is seen that the excitement in this era overall leads to one’s downfall and unhappiness. When looking on the surface of Tom’s life it is seen that he is a typical successful young man with
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money‚ people have no happiness lives with. Money is the foundation of live‚ for if there is no money‚ people cannot survive. If people cannot survive‚ how can there be happiness at all. Second‚ money is not everything. Most of the happiness could not be brought by money. For example‚ Bill Gates cannot enjoy the happiness of escape from a disaster‚ cannot enjoy the happiness of be a world champion‚ cannot enjoy the happiness of win the gold medal‚ cannot enjoy the happiness of families reunion‚
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Pursue of happiness Contentment can help people move forward‚ it is also a way of freezing time to connect to the past. To compromise to happiness is hardly possible. However in the poem Swing Valley‚ and the excerpt from Home Place‚ the speakers are able to find joy by means of nostalgia. They seem to pursue happiness by recollecting favourable memories from the past‚ and being in the physical reminiscence that shapes their past. Through the development of the character‚ Ronald‚ and the speaker
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The Purity of Happiness The short story The Happy Man written by Maguib Mahfouz is about a protagonist which throughout the story is referred to as the “Happy Man”. The protagonist one day wakes up and finds himself to be “inconceivably happy”‚ which means this man has the feeling of unbelievable happiness. This is ironic in the sense that Maguib Mahfouz gives the reader clues to what the true situation and meaning of the unbelievable happiness is. It is the mental state known as depression. It
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