Pursuit Of Happ
Ms. Stewart
English 11
5 November 2014 The Happiness of Pursuit In Jeffrey Kluger’s “The Happiness of Pursuit” published in Time Magazine, the author explains the American dream and how it’s based on money and success. Kluger also goes through a little of American history and what boosted their happiness back then. I believe that Kluger has some very strong opinion on happiness maters and I agree that happiness comes not from sowing but from reaping. The purpose of Kluger’s article was to explain happiness, and how people pursue it. In this article, the author talked about the different ways people achieve happiness from doing certain things, like spending money on things they want, traveling the globe in search of adventure, or just donating to charities. One of the things Kluger hoped to accomplish by writing this article is so people would understand that you do not have to be rich or famous to be happy. Because in reality no matter how rich you are, there will always be someone with more money and no matter how famous you are, there will always be someone more popular. He says in paragraph 24 of his article, “everyone sees everything and almost all of us suffer by comparison with someone.” One assertion in Kluger’s article that stood out to me the most was his statement, “the happiness that comes from not the sowing but from the reaping, not from building the house but from watching TV in your new living room.”(The Happiness of Pursuit, 8) This passage stood out to me the most because if I sow good hard-working things like education, loyalty, and love in my years of youth, I will later reap good things like a good paying Career, a big house, a nice family, and this happiness. I agree that sowing does not always bring happiness while working hard to achieve a goal, but once you obtain it, reaping brings happiness. In “The Happiness of Pursuit” Jeffrey Kluger implies that happiness can come
English 11
5 November 2014 The Happiness of Pursuit In Jeffrey Kluger’s “The Happiness of Pursuit” published in Time Magazine, the author explains the American dream and how it’s based on money and success. Kluger also goes through a little of American history and what boosted their happiness back then. I believe that Kluger has some very strong opinion on happiness maters and I agree that happiness comes not from sowing but from reaping. The purpose of Kluger’s article was to explain happiness, and how people pursue it. In this article, the author talked about the different ways people achieve happiness from doing certain things, like spending money on things they want, traveling the globe in search of adventure, or just donating to charities. One of the things Kluger hoped to accomplish by writing this article is so people would understand that you do not have to be rich or famous to be happy. Because in reality no matter how rich you are, there will always be someone with more money and no matter how famous you are, there will always be someone more popular. He says in paragraph 24 of his article, “everyone sees everything and almost all of us suffer by comparison with someone.” One assertion in Kluger’s article that stood out to me the most was his statement, “the happiness that comes from not the sowing but from the reaping, not from building the house but from watching TV in your new living room.”(The Happiness of Pursuit, 8) This passage stood out to me the most because if I sow good hard-working things like education, loyalty, and love in my years of youth, I will later reap good things like a good paying Career, a big house, a nice family, and this happiness. I agree that sowing does not always bring happiness while working hard to achieve a goal, but once you obtain it, reaping brings happiness. In “The Happiness of Pursuit” Jeffrey Kluger implies that happiness can come