Pascual

Nanci Pascual
Professor: Ditch Corri
English 114A
March 15, 2019

Is She Happy?

In the novel the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, the author present the novel in a

time after world war 2 in which the protagonist juliet ashton is assigned by her publisher to write

about the practical, normal, and philosophical value of reading. While searching about what and

who to write about she received as a letter from dawsey Happiness is described as a complex

concept in Matthew Parfitt’s Pursuing Happiness, which makes it necessary to adopt

multidimensional approaches towards the investigation of happiness through the various articles

included in the book. She receives letter for mall the members and falls in love with all the

members of the ey and find our that not just certain people war affected by the war, but

everyone was in different ways. She lost most of her items in the war while many of the people

actually most lost their freedom during the war. Happiness isn’t the consequence of bouncing

with one delight then onto the next, analysts find that accomplishing happiness ordinarily

includes times of extensive distress. Due to the multiple fields such as philosophy, psychology

and economics which are included in the text, the principles of happiness are comprised of

various actions, thoughts and attitudes which form the basis of the abstract experience. For

instance, Bill McKibben, one of the authors whose work is included in the novel, lives a

vegetarian life free of meat consumption due to his personal belief regarding veganism and its

role in saving the planet (Parfitt and Skórczewski pg. 56). And Two Articles from the book

“pursuing Happiness” by matthew parfitt and dawn skorczewski, help to explain why she is not

happy because he uses his pleasure to have juliet to himself as a way to keep his ego and high
position in place, she tries to connect and make experience to fill herself with happiness while

Mark is unhappy because he tries to use pleasure to cover and fill that hole that happiness will

bring by marrying Juliet and turn her to his trophy wife. Epicurus states that happiness will be

the begin and end of his favored life since she will bring her the gift yet could take away once

she discover his actual intentions with her despite all of her hardship through these tough times

and all the loss in her life Other characters in the book such as Heewon Change, whose article

examines the presumption of cultural borders in social interactions can also be referenced in the

examination of behaviour. Her research, while revealing the loss of ethnic cultural

identities in social spaces, appears to reel in the prospect of cultural permeability, which makes

her experience of happiness different from McKibben’s. It is, therefore, necessary to explore the

various physiological, sociological and anthropological element which contribute towards the

experience of happiness in order to reveal how the two authors in Matthew Parfitt’s Pursuing

Happiness are genuinely happy in their lives. Bill McKinnon is the writer of The Only Way to

Have a Cow, which details his life as a vegan and the perceived contribution which his lifestyle

choice has towards creating a better and environmentally safer planet through dietary choices.

Everyday variety in temperature affects individual emotional well-being. Heat presentation

decreases generally speaking enthusiastic prosperity, expands negative feelings, and furthermore

builds weakness. This is predictable through ongoing work connecting heat introduction to

expanded relational hostility, diminished work supply, efficiency. His article reveals how he took

up veganism due to its stated benefits such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, which

the article claims is more than the savings experienced by purchasing a hybrid car (Matsunaga et

al.pg 132). Climate change is therefore crucial part of the article, which provides insight into the

source of McKibben’s happiness and also serves as a platform for the application of many
different life experiences. This translate to a wholesome experience of happiness which is

created through the combination of actions and perceptions of the results of the actions (Salas-

Vallina 314). Bill McKibben mentions many changes in his life associated with veganism such

as being forced to enjoy meals such as hamburgers and adhering to his girlfriend’s dietary

restrictions, which appears to be a compromise, and therefore deprive him of happiness.

However, Bill McKibben appears to feel happy despite the physical deprivations in his life

which make certain experiences such as food consumption less stimulating. Bill McKibben’s

article provided one of the clearest indications that happiness does not lie in physical experience,

as his physical experiences are somewhat inferior to those of the common man. For instance, his

diet on plants for food is one which is unpopular in many parts of the world, and therefore

supposed to cause him feeling of dissatisfaction and even occasional frustration at his girlfriend,

for example. Looking at lessons of the antiquated astuteness conventions to those of present day

positive brain research and sociology, I contend that there is astonishing correspondence between

the two. The upbeat life, the two people of yore and present day concur, includes preparing and

the advancement and authority of specific character attributes. However, McKibben’s happy

experiences come from the knowledge of the goals which he aims to achieve through his choices,

therefore making happiness the result of his achievement (Uchida and Oishi pg. 125). Most

research on happiness is concerned about the variables or conditions that lead to happiness and

how to make arrangements that secure individual rights to look for individual satisfaction. Be

that as it may, we should likewise see

how factors that encourage individual bliss interface with, and in some cases meddle with,

aggregate satisfaction However, since, he cannot be said to have achieved his mission, and his

happiness is not permanent. Rather, it is a continuous state which is only actively felt in relation
to the ultimate goal of his actions, which makes him happy about his climate conservation

policies. This shows that happiness is more depended on the internal perception of oneself that

the inherent nature of one’s activities during the time of self-presentation (Uchida and Oishi

pg.125). Happiness has normally been talked about in regards to two aspects (an impermanent

positive feeling and an attribute like long haul feeling of being glad) that are interrelated; for

instance, people with a high level of trait-like subjective happiness will in general rate occasions

as progressively wonderful. In this examination, we estimated that the connection between the

two parts of satisfaction could be clarified by the communication among structure and capacity

in certain mind districts. Additionally, physical activities in themselves do not make a person

happy; a person might be running as a sport and another might be running from a threat. While

the activity is physically similar, the information processing stage occurs in different states,

which caused different subjective experiences based on interdependent interpretations of the

Situation.

The reason why an author such as Chang feels happy is due to her role in the social

phenomenon she speaks of, which indicated the validity of her studies and the larger impact of

her theories on society. While happiness is not always directly caused by positive actions or

behaviour which result in happiness, the concept of happiness within a relationship context is

discussed and approved. Authors such as Bill McKibben appear more detached from the various

activities involved in social structures such as education, as financial success is a more

recognized feature of a worker. His physical experience is tied to the emotion of happiness

through creating a goal towards which the involved parties may apply. This source of happiness

is explored in McKibben’s findings as a method of directing effort, with happiness occurring as a

manifestation of satisfaction. As the investigation of well‐being and happiness develops, it is

basic to think about the well‐being of the both people and the system. This makes happiness

less challenging to avoid as it is difficult to avoid the emotional response which is accompanied

by achieving a certain mental goal, or even a physical objective such as the change of diet by

McKibben in order to help save reduce negative impacts on the environment.

Works Cited

Matsunaga, Masahiro, et al. "Structural and functional associations of the rostral anterior

cingulate cortex with subjective happiness." Neuroimage 134 (2016): 132-141.

Parfitt, Matthew, and Dawn Skorczewski, eds. Pursuing happiness: A bedford spotlight reader.

Bedford/St. Martin's, a Macmillan Education imprint, (2016): 45-76.

Salas-Vallina, Andrés, et al. "On the road to happiness at work (HAW) Transformational

leadership and organizational learning capability as drivers of HAW in a healthcare context."

Personnel Review 46.2 (2017): 314-338.Works Cited

Matsunaga, Masahiro, et al. "Structural and functional associations of the rostral anterior

cingulate cortex with subjective happiness." Neuroimage 134 (2016): 132-141.

Parfitt, Matthew, and Dawn Skorczewski, eds. Pursuing happiness: A bedford spotlight reader.

Bedford/St. Martin's, a Macmillan Education imprint, (2016): 45-76.

Salas-Vallina, Andrés, et al. "On the road to happiness at work (HAW) Transformational

leadership and organizational learning capability as drivers of HAW in a healthcare context."

Personnel Review 46.2 (2017): 314-338.