Trainspotting Vs. Fight Club

Happiness is primary goal of everybody. Nobody tries to be unhappy people are just incapable of this. People are different and someone may seem unhappy to one person but may actually be happy because of this difference. A hermit for example is happy living by himself without contact with anyone where another person might need attention. The hermit might think that the person who strives for attention is unhappy with the interest but in actual fact they aren't. This works the same way for everyone around the world. There is no doubt that being happy is on everyone's to do list. What does change however is how they plan to get their happiness. Some choose to play by the rules and work extremely hard to be happy, others just go with the flow and then a select few work backwards. They strive for complete unhappiness and eventually get their happiness. This is also extremely hard to do because you have to abandon your morals and watch your life go to ruins before you can get your bliss. In the books Trainspotting and Fight Club this method of happiness is demonstrated by Rents, a heroin addict, and the narrator, a businessman who's happiness is not a perfect life. The characters achieved their happiness by accepting petty illegal activity, participating in these activities and expanding upon them. Once the characters had done this they new what the rock bottom of life like and had a very specific idea of what their happiness was. After years of ruins the characters lives spontaneously got better. The characters were faced with a final decision that would either give them happiness or more misery. The situation was very difficult and a person with regular morals would not have come out successful but the main characters had no difficulties. For the person with nothing it is very easy to achieve happiness because they don't have any expectations that make them picky. The only way to achieve and be sure that one has reached personal happiness is to accept and often