Answer to Question #309466 in English for Kelsey Jand

Question

Instructions: Read and annotate the following excerpts from “In Pursuit of Unhappiness” by Darrin McMahon, originally published in the New York Times, December 29, 2005.

(1) Tallahassee, Fla. - "HAPPY New Year!" We seldom think of those words as an order. But in some respects that is what they are.

(2) Doesn't every American want to be happy? And don't most Americans yearn, deep down, to be happy all of the time? The right laid out in our nation's Declaration of Independence -- to pursue happiness to our hearts' content -- is nowhere on better display than in the rites of the holiday season. With glad tidings and good cheer, we seek to bring one year to its natural happy conclusion, while preparing to usher in a happy new year and many happy returns.

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