Happiness

No one in the book Fences I can say is truly happy, all the characters just kind of put up with and make the most of what they have already. Especially Rose; how she has gone through so much with Troy, having to raise their first child by herself for the first 15 years because troy went to prison. She remained the backbone in trying to keep all the family together in any way she could. Rose made the most out of the very little they had and stuck by Troy with they very little roof they had over their head. And in our society happiness to most relies more on the material things rather than what’s within. We depend on the things we desire for happiness rather than being happy with the things we have already much like the Troy in Fences. And I do think it is over glamorized because as a whole we have all lost sight of what happiness is; happiness isn’t always going out and finding it. We are all entitled and have a right to happiness, but there is always a right and wrong way about finding it especially if you have to hurt someone or something in the process. Also I think in the book and in our world the two do overlap because we all have experienced or have seen these same kind of situations if not been a part of something similar where we were unhappy and wanted happiness