The Role Of Happiness In Mandel's Station Eleven

A life filled with purpose brings happiness. My definition of happiness is a life that has a drive to succeed and a drive to be happy. This drive or purpose can come from several aspects of one's life, such as careers, hobbies, and relationships. Mandel's Station Eleven portrays this well through the character of Jeevan Chuadhery. Within the first ten pages of the book, Jeevan encounters a life changing moment that reveals what he wants to do in his life. Jeevan also dwells on many memories of him and his brother of the pre-disaster world of the book. His career and family are the main sources of his happiness. Jeevan and I both have the same source of happiness, which comes from fulfilling our purpose in life and family. A purposeful life

Jeevan finds his purpose in his career and it brings him great happiness through this experience. Mandel explains this experience through Jeevan's walk home where he says in his thoughts "there was nothing to be happy about. But there, he was exhilarated" (11). Jeevan soon realized he wants to be a paramedic. To my standard, I think everyone asks themselves the phrase Jeevan said. I for one have pondered the purpose of life many times, sometimes it takes a lifetime to understand. Jeevan questioned himself about his purpose for decades. He asked himself in the portion of the book when he is interviewing Arthur "What kind of life? Some people managed to do things that actually mattered." (p168). At this point he also compares himself to Frank and questioned the wrong choices he made. What kind of life I should live is a question that, as a first-year college student, I ask myself almost every week. The journey of trying to find my identity in the world is complex. Will it be through my career like Jeevan? "He'd

The exert from Lenior's Happiness a Philosopher's Guide talks about the meaning of life and our happiness: "Usually, the quest for the meaning finds expression in a commitment to action, and in one's personal relationships. The building up of a professional career, for example, demands that we identify an activity that suits us and in which we can flourish, and that we settle on a goal and objectives to be achieved. The same can be true of our personal relationships: if we decide to have a family and raise children, we organize our lives in accordance with this decision, and our family life gives meaning to our existence." (Lenoir 30)

This suits Jeevan's pursuit of happiness. He wants a career where can draw meaning from it and he develops a family in the ruined world that gives him even more meaning to live. I for one can reflect on this quote and see my own definition of happiness. I am not too into a career that is greatly meaningful, but I want one to care for my future family. It's a decision that came to me years back and I choose to live by it and bring my happiness from