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A 6 page essay that draws on an essay, "What is Happiness?" by John Ciardi. The writer argues that "happiness" has always been part of the American Dream. However, as John Ciardi in his essay "What is Happiness?" points out, this term has proven difficult to define. At one point in the culture of the Southeast, "happiness" was equated with the perpetuation of a culture that was seriously flawed. In the nineteenth century, southeastern portion of the United States had a distinctive culture that differentiated it from the rest of the country. The writer outlines some of the characteristics of Southern culture and relates this to Ciardi's essay. No additional sources cited.
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define. At one point in the culture of the Southeast, "happiness" was equated with the perpetuation of a culture that was seriously flawed. In the nineteenth century, southeastern portion of
the United States had a distinctive culture that differentiated it from the rest of the country. The South -- Dixie -- the eleven states that make up the former
Confederate States of America bear the distinction of being the only part of the country to develop a sense of itself as a nation to such a degree that its
residents were inspired to fight a prolonged and bloody war with the goal of succeeding from the United States of America and starting a totally new nation. The once
distinctive culture of the South has faded over the last several decades, as more and more outsiders (Yankees) have moved into the region, diluting the "Southern" nature of the people.
An examination of this culture shows that this is an extremely good development for the American culture as a whole, as the Southern culture can be characterized -- among other
qualities -- as slightly schizophrenic. From the inception of the United States, the South developed an agricultural economy that required a large, unskilled workforce. The slave trade of the
colonial era provided this workforce. While, like the Northeast, the South was settled by highly religious people, these people had the mental problem of having to justify their strong religious
beliefs with the fact that also brutalized fellow human beings. This extraordinary feat of mental gymnastics was the impetus that first began the cultural tendency toward schizophrenia. This term
is used in the sense that Southerners cultivated the ability to believe contradictory facts with equal fervor. Antebellum Southerners argued, with utter sincerity, that the slaves in their charge were
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