In God We Trust

Many people have a variety of places or things to run to in order to find happiness. Whether it is crawling into a warm set of blankets and writing about all the trouble you had in your math class today or maybe even going bike riding because you’re mad at your boyfriend. The one thing that drives someone into a peaceful state of mind will always keep him or her happy. In the novel …

…and heard it as a cry for help from Desperate, Harold S. Catholic-mother, Broken-hearted, Broad-shoulders, Sick-of-it-all, and Disillusioned-with-tubercular-husband.” (Page 58). All he wanted was to be a savior, however the people who didn’t have faith didn’t let him heal. In essence a world cannot be helped even when God provides it with a way of hope. Miss Lonelyhearts was proven wrong and other people’s unhappiness not only brought his unhappiness, but his death.