Analysis Of The Happy Movie

Happiness is an inclination that everyone aims to fulfill yet only a few appear to be exposed to it. There is a constant developing issue within our reality which is despondency. It appears that people tend to experience depression and desolation rather than contentment in relation to their lifestyles. This derives from seeking happiness in the wrong things or formulating a sense of dissatisfaction by comparing one’s lifestyle to another. Happiness does not derive from an experience of joy and pleasure. In fact, two essentials in discovering genuine happiness are self-acceptance and solidarity. Throughout the Happy Movie directed by Roko Belic, there were various examples regarding the happiness and unhappiness of people in our society. The

Adversities are any hardships or misfortunes that occur during one’s lifetime. People who are going through adversity tend to isolate themselves and disregard the issues that they are going through. In David Brooks’ article, What Suffering Does, he indicates, “suffering gives people a more accurate sense of their own limitations, what they can control and cannot control” (Brooks 287). People who are suffering from pain cannot control the course of their pain but they can control the way that they respond to it. People believe if something bad occurs in their life then they will be devastated eternally. Although, that initially is never the case. In the movie, they utilized the Japanese phenomenon “Karoushi” to emphasize how their work system created adversity throughout their country. Karoushi is a term referred to as “dying from overwork”. Karoushi creates adversity for various families in Japan due to the work system that they have. People in Japan face a tremendous amount of economic challenges dealing with the threat of job loss, wage reduction and increasing responsibility causing one person to have the responsibilities of multiple people. There was a Japanese man who worked himself day and night to provide for his family. He would spend various hours at work, away from his family, causing him to become depressed and sleep deprived due to all of the work and time that he was contributing. Having an insufficient amount of sleep can cause a person’s brain to function improperly; creating errors in work ethic, serious health problems and increasing their risk of death. During one of his shifts, the Japanese man noticed an error with an object he was working with and collapsed on the floor while on the phone with his supervisor. His collapse was most likely caused by his lack of sleep which unfortunately led to his death. The movie enhanced the idea that this work system