Hector And The Search Of Happiness

Jon Katz analyzed why men grow up to be hard-hearted. If you will think about it, this might be one of the major problems; men do not know how to revel their own feeling. Christopher Flett wrote in his book “What men do not tell women about business” about why men do not often

There are many lessons that can be learned from reading Homer's The Iliad. One of which is understanding the stages of grief. One can literally watch Achilles go through all five stages when he morns the death of his comrade Patroclus. Achilles moves through Denial and Isolation, Depression, Anger, Bargaining and Acceptance in the short time after his close friends death.

     In today's society, a man's mind is his most important tool. In the past, however, a man's courage and strength is all that he had to keep him alive. In Homer's Iliad, courage is valued over honesty and even faithfulness to one's wife. If a hero is the most courageous man in the bunch, then Hector is more heroic than Achilles and King of the Myrmidons. Hector is the true hero of Homer's Iliad.

expectations on what a “happy life” should be but even after doing so, they are not truly happy.

Have you ever wondered when society breaks down and there is no such thing as happiness? In Fahrenheit 451 firemen don’t put out fires, they are the ones that make the fires. Books in their society are banned and when people are found with books they are burned and are thrown into the asylum. Though people think they are happy they really aren’t. They are actually just numb to pain.

By following your dreams is it possible to achieve great happiness? As the famous Dalai Lama would say, “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your actions.” This quote supports the statement of by following your dreams it is in fact possible to achieve great happiness. The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho tells the story of a boy named Santiago and how he embarks on a journey in order to find his treasure.

Baruch Spinoza states, “Pride is pleasure arising from a man thinking too highly of himself.” Pride is an essential trait in a true leader, in Ancient Greece, it was important for a person to be remembered. The warrior fought for timé, the honor a person receives for their heroic encounterments, and kleos, fame obtained, because traditionally he follows the heroic code in the warrior society. Homer’s The Iliad is about a feud between warriors in the final year of the Trojan War: Agamemnon has taken away Achilles´ time.

Aristotle’s work, The Nicomachean Ethics, consists of numerous books pertaining to Aristotle’s Ethics—the ethics of the good life. The first book discloses Aristotle’s belief on moral philosophy and the correlation between virtue and happiness.

The book, "The Iliad" is very rich in detail about the gods. While reading the book you find that the gods have a sort of code that is all about leadership and honor but possibly by almost all of the gods. The Homeric Code is achieved through battle and life threatening experiences; a hero cannot back down or he will have lost his honor. I found that the gods almost had human qualities. The gods would be mischievous and make mistakes just like humans.

Throughout the short stories, “Apollo” by Chimamanda Adichie and “The Two Brothers” by Leo Tolstoy, the authors reveal that happiness comes in many forms. In Adichie‘s short story Okenwa is a boy who doesn’t feel like he belongs anywhere, but he has a strong love for Kung fu. One day when Okenwa was practicing his Kung fu in his room his families house boy walked in on him. Instead of yelling at Okenwa for messing up the room he had just cleaned, Okenwa narrates “...he smiled, touched his chest, and brought his finger to his tongue, as though tasting his own blood. My favorite scene. I stared at Raphael with the pure thrill of unexpected pleasure”(Adichie, p.3). For the first time after this quote Okenwa had a sense of belonging and happiness.

Happiness is all around the world, it is a very genuine and important thing, and everyone wants to be happy. Being happy is what makes life worth living, and it makes life a lot better in every way possible. What makes people happy though? Are bodily and external goods necessary to happiness? I would say no because by which they can make you happy, they are not necessary for human happiness. It’s not what things you buy, the pain, the suffering, or enjoyment your body might get. Human happiness comes from somewhere else within the human. Comparing and contrasting Aristotle’s and the Stoics’ view of human happiness will help give a better clear and logical understanding on what really happiness is and why I believe that bodily

ritique on the Iliad frequently appears to include some intriguing inquiries regarding the way of the two central human characters, Achilles and Hector, specifically, about which of the two is the saint of the lyric and whether both of them qualifies as a deplorable legend. The response to the first of these inquiries appears to be sufficiently clearSuch contentions about the deplorable legend are unavoidably round: one sets out a rundown of criteria which the unfortunate saint must meet, then applies them to Achilles and Hector, thus achieves a conclusion dictated by one's underlying suspicions. The enticement of the case lays on the from the earlier suppositions with which one starts, a questionable sensible system. So I don't propose to

Happiness is the fundamental objective of life. This bold statement is unanimously agreed upon among generations of people on every corner of our planet. However, the real question that has been contested for centuries is the true meaning of happiness? The true meaning of happiness is one of the most highly debated philosophy topics in history. Most famous are the writings of Aristotle and John Stuart Mill who both paint very opposing pictures of happiness. Mill believes happiness is obtained through pleasure and the absence of pain. On the other hand, Aristotle insist happiness is obtained through living a fulfilling, virtuous life. This passage will examine Aristotle 's and Mill 's views on happiness as well as give an opinion one which philosophical theory is most convincing.

Epicurus lived a life of simplicity, and studied at great length what happiness meant, and announced a set of insights that we only need three things to be happy. These were not of grandeur, riches, or fame, they were simple truths that hid underneath those desires. His beliefs were as follows, that you need your friends around, not just on an every so often basis, regular contact is what counts. Secondly, working for yourself instead of others, getting a sense of helping people out of your work. And lastly that we need to stay calm. We will always be in search of happiness, and the Epicurean lifestyle may be of some insight to us even in the present day.

How often do you stop to take in the moment? Imagine a man who is not as happy as he