Happiness In John Steinbeck's 'Reality Is Broken'

In the reading “Reality is broken” the author writes about happiness and how one can create happiness based on the idea that happiness can’t be reached; it can only be created by working hard and continuing to constantly strive to be the best and pushing the boundaries of success. The writing also describes how we as Americans have a false sense of happiness also known as the “American Dream” and in order to be truly happy we must not think from a materialistic perspective. And lastly the writing discusses how games play an important role in happiness. The reading takes a psychological view on happiness by stating the brains chemical actions for example when the brain releases dopamine, serotonin, etc. which forces the reader to really think about what they are reading because there is scientific proof behind what the writer is stating and; therefore, backs up the writers message the they are trying to deliver to the reader. The author grabbed my attention when they listed the facts about the brain because it proved that the author actually knew what they were writing about instead of just blindly writing about their opinion on the topic. The main idea to get from the story is in order to achieve happiness people must do …show more content…
Also everyone needs something to strive for, a goal, people need the feeling that they are constantly improving themselves or other people around them in order to truly be happy. As the author states in the informative writing “when you make others laugh dopamine and serotonin are released in the brain” causing you to feel good and ergo be happy; the same thing happens when someone make you laugh or smile the brain releases the dopamine and serotonin and which makes you