Slamming the car door, Christie furiously ran away from her silver Lexus into her beautiful white, Victorian home in Los Angeles, California. Collapsing on her oversized waterbed, and struggling through tears, she cried, "Why am I not happy?" This portrait of a discontented life is all too often displayed in the lives of American citizens. In this country, the United States of America, society thrives on the goal of achieving eternal happiness. Our Declaration of Independence recognizes every citizen's opportunity to obtain the rights of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Despite attempts to reach happiness, our society has unconsciously tainted true, realistic pleasure and leaned its focus on materialistic objects. The American Dream is misdirected.…
