Happiness

Happiness Lacking Happiness Humans from the beginning of time have always needed a sense of immediate gratification. If one is earning $20, 000 a year they want to make $35, 000 a year; if one is making $600, 000 a year then they want to make $800,000 a year. Where has human happiness gone, or where does it come from' This notion of being happy is seen in The Hustler and Candide through Eddie Felson and Martin. Eddie Felson was never satisfied with what he had. He was addicted to gambling and always yearned for more. He lived a corrupt life in “darkness” in which his plate of life was never full. Since his plate of life was lacking happiness he looked toward gambling to try and fill his emptiness. Eddie would never settle for anything less than the best. At one point in the movie he was up $18, 000 in a pool game against Minnesota Fats, the best pool player around. This however was not good enough for Eddie so instead of quitting while he was ahead, he kept playing for twenty-five straight hours until he had lost all of his one, life, happiness, happy, eddie, candide, year, never, monk, martin, light, while, sense, plate, greed, darkness, best, after, until, society, seen, satisfied, rather, pool, point, people, man, make, lost, lived, lacking, hustler, gambling, fill, felson