“Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in the world. I was not born to a different destiny to the rest of my species; to imagine such a lot befalling me is a fairy tale-a daydream.” (262)
I find this quote very interesting. Mainly because I was always raised to believe that true happiness existed, and that one could be completely happy. But this quote makes so much sense to me; it's human nature to want more so we can never be completely happy. We will always want more; we will always have a void in our hearts. No matter how much we have no matter how happy we are we cannot and will not every be in complete happiness. We are unable to do it; we can always find something wrong. No matter how colored in our hearts are there will always be a spec of black, longing to be filled.
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Yeah I've been raised the same way, but your blog makes me reflect more on the idea of complete happiness. Yeah there is no such thing as complete happiness unless you've been meditating your whole life but even then you still find something wrong. Bt Otilio, it's not about having complete happiness but of getting close to it. You can't be living your life unhappy. Then your just ruining your life.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. I do not think that it is a problem with humans wanting more in less important things such as clothes, shoes, media, but devices, but there is a problem with people not being satisfied in things such as marriage or the love of a religion. When you get married you make vows that promise that you will never divorce. Marriage is suppose to be the step you take when you find true love, level the desires of wanting someone else, and confine yourself under everlasting happiness. Unfortunately, this is not always true. A fair amount of Americans divorce their spouse, and that breaks the vows of marriage.
ReplyDeleteInteresting picture. How do you connect it to your comments? (I'm not sure the link gets you where you need to go.)
ReplyDeleteYou raise an intriguing philosophical issue. How do you relate this back to the novel? What do you learn from Jane's skepticism? Does it help her protect herself from disappointment in a way?