¢ David Oliva Professor Corti Ditch English 113B 17 February 2020 ae / he Bi Aya ext eppinee The happiness that people desire so much tohave depends so much on their state of mind. Articles that focus on different environments of happiness are, “The Source of ( 4 Happiness”, by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, “How Happy are You and Why?”, by Sonja y\r Lyubomirsky, “What Suffering Does”, by David Brooks and finally, “Living with Less. A Lot ey Less.”, by Graham Hill. In order to discover how these articles focus on a different space, we are going to analyze each of these articles thoroughly-We already have knowledge that each of these " articles’ theme is happiness, except for David Brooks’ article. The articles use different Oy yaad ee aU crear envifocscons ect iaenecpeceuoes ws pavetiede own point on Yy discovering happiness. The first three authors; The Dalai Lama and Howard Ciitier, — Lyubomirsky, and Graham Hil, focus onan intemal space forthe satiayge in-line toma aa aeprAGrcal apes Vor thc dba ely wl lc tecacndtg eee } space by handling any situation that may challenge your state of happiness is through your mind; nov depending on how strong your mind psychologically is, will help you achieve happiness. The LW fourth author, Graham Hill, suggests transforming fo extemal space by having self-control on the 4 consumption of materialistic objects and to only focus on the essentials in orderto achieve happiness,Ve A vy yw Oliva 2 Its quite the attention grabbér wher it comes-to talking about happiness. Everyone is in such need £9 and these four articles lead the way toward}{finding happiness, which What We wilkanalyze. We'll see what type of evidence is used to support these articles and seek their Vi. importance. Beginning with, “The Source of Happiness”, by The Dalai Lama and Howard ve 4 WY Cutler. These authors focus on various situat ions where a person can find happiness. For RS ‘example, they talk about how it happens in the mind; with one’s own inner contentment, inner i a) U jWorth, and pleasure versus happiness. The authors use experiences from two different people to ) a { compare their resolutions. One person is extremely successful in her Job and has made a lot of a. Lyubomirsky claims that happiness can be found through one’s own level of optimism and set of / A goals to push a person to not give up, as this proven through the people she interviewed. David ( Why Brooks proves that suffering is powerful enough to change a person’s perspective on anything Graham Hill proves that purchasing unnecessary items will only bring upon a person more troubles and stress, as Hill uses his own personal experience as an example, These articles prov A their strategies on discovering happiness; now it is up to us, the audience, to see which of these articles would apply forus.Oliva 6 Works Cited: Brooks, David. “What Suffering Does.” New York Times, 7 Apr. 2014, nytimes.com. Cutler, Howard C., and The Dalai Lama H. H. The Art of Happiness. Mobius, 1999. Hill, Graham. “Living with Less. A Lot Less.” The New York Times, 9 Mar. 2013, nytimes.com. Lyubomirsky, Sonja. The How of Happiness: a Practical Guide to Getting the Life You Want. Piatkus, 2013. way , a j} \v ? |7 r 7 7 ats the The pape responds othe \\/The pape responds The paper responds tothe The pape de not espond Swaeet it spectcaly and essay