In the novel Flowers of Algernon, Charlie has the mindset that being as smart as his friends would bring happiness as they would not ostracize him anymore. However, he was proved wrong. Both ties he was bullied and made fun of. At first, he was made fun of because of his abnormally low IQ. After the operation, just when Charlie thought all would be well, he was once again ostracized because of his knowledge and also because of his inability to communicate with people as he was overly intelligent.
This question is subjective as people may have different points of view of this. Some people may think that an ideal life is to have lots of money, power and authority while others may think that an ideal life is to live in happiness no matter the circumstances -- rich or poor, strong or weak. Others may feel that to them, having a carefree life without work and stress is ideal to them.
However, personally, i stand on the side of people who prefer to live in happiness instead of power and wealth. My views is that happiness cannot be bought or gained with wealth or power. For example, even if you are very rich, many problems will still occur and you will not be happy as your world revolves around the word ' money '. However, if you focus and choose to be happy, you can always find joy in everything you do, even if it is a bad or traumatic experience.
Thus, this question is of personal opinion and there is no right or wrong to it.
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happiness - a very big word on its own, isn't it? Then what is happiness to you? To some, power and wealth is happiness. We are going around in a loop here.
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