Everyone's goal in life has and always will be the .
constitution guarantees its citizens this right.
downfall of this fact is that not every person achieves.
this goal. Through certain works of literature such as.
Ethan Frome, Madame Bovary, and The Bet, this idea will .
be shown.
One great example of an individual searching for .
happiness in his life is in the story of Ethan Frome. .
Ethan is the type of person who needs companionship and .
direct love to be happy. Even though companionship makes .
him feel secure, in this partnership he desperately needs .
a strong base backed by interaction with the one he loves.
At a young age Ethan found what he thought was a woman .
who would make him happy. Her name was Zeena and she was.
seemingly pleasant, but her desires would prove not to .
be satisfied in a life spent with Ethan. As years went .
by she lost interest in him and her attitude around him.
kept him from being happy. Ethan soon meets Mattie,a .
younger, more attractive woman than Zeena. He becomes.
attached to Mattie and gains deep feelings for her, but.
his conscience tells him leaving Zeena would be wrong.
Due to his good morals and his unwillingness to abandon.
Zeena, he is trapped in an unhappy life that seems to .
keep cornering him. Some people pursue happiness in a.
temporary love that will eventually fade and leave the.
two involved miserable. Ethan looked for happiness in .
a relationship that was exciting for awhile, but had .
the tendencies of losing its flavor.
In the story Madame Bovary, Emma and her husband,.
Charles, conflict in their marriage. Emma needed someone.
to keep her excited and to fit all her needs. Charles was.
to relaxed to endure all the exotic fantasies she wanted.
to experience in her life. Aside from Ethan, Emma did not.
practice morals and she did not pay attention to her con-.
science. She decided to find happiness in intimate relat-.
ionships with other men other than her husband. Instead .
of finding the joy she seeked, she found guilt and .
