The Words Vs Rosebud

This coming paragraph will go on to talk about how one can get blinded by the benefits extrinsic happiness brings; this is shown in The Words through Rory Jansen and in The Simpsons episode “Rosebud” where the protagonist is Mr. Burns. In The Words, after Rory published his book The Window Tears, he gained a lot of recognition and popularity for his work, which he had been awaiting for. Even after he achieved his dream, Rory still felt as though a part of him was missing therefore he was never happy. This was due to the fact that he had plagiarized the book and published it under his own name. Rory was never content because of this reason and had originally agreed to publish it because he was dazed by all the advantages that came with it, such as; fame, money,

Burns had a dream about Bobo and all the adventures he shared with the bear. Mr. Burns then went on to try whatever he could to get his bear back. This proves that even though Mr. Burns was wealthy and had all these possessions, the one thing that brought him happiness was his bear, a toy he could simply buy again. This shows how no matter how wealthy a person may be, accepting oneself and being happy with themselves will always be the most important. In both pieces of work, The Words and “Rosebud”, it is shown how the protagonist is blindsided by extrinsic happiness and gaining fame, but at the end always comes to realize the important thing in life, intrinsic happiness. In the same way, the two protagonists are finally able to achieve extrinsic happiness after peculiar circumstances. Towards the end of The Words, the actual author of The Window Tears approached Rory and revealed how he is the author of the book and went on to tell him the story behind it. Due to the guilt that was eating up at Rory over plagiarizing the book, he then attempted to give credit to the old man as the true author. He also visited him at his job and made an effort to pay him which ended with the old man