Which statement best describes the author’s likely purpose for proposing questions in paragraph 1 A. to show that money is the most important factor in happiness
B. to prompt readers to consider how money affects their happiness
C. to prompt readers to imagine what they would do with extra cash
D. to show that experts are unsure how money affects one’s happiness

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How much money do you think it would take to make you happy? Would an extra $10,000 a year do it or would it take a $100,000 salary bump to improve your mood?

A new study from Princeton economist Angus Deaton and psychologist Daniel Kahneman suggests that number depends on how you define happiness. The authors draw a distinction between emotional well-being, “the quality of a person’s everyday experience such as joy, fascination, anxiety, sadness, anger, and affection,” and life evaluation, “a person’s thoughts about his or her life (on a longer time scale).”

Their study of data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that while “life evaluations rise steadily with income,” emotional well-being drops off at about $75,000 a year.

Beyond $75,000, money is important for life evaluation but does nothing for happiness, enjoyment, sadness, or stress. Both factors are important; it is good to have high emotional well-being, but it is also good to think your life is going well.

According to the most recent census data, the median U.S. household income was $52,000 in 2008, with about a third of households making above $75,000

Explanation:

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The title of the third section, "Burning Bright", references the many allusions to fire and burning in the text. First, Montag burns his home and his possessions. Ironically, Montag does not grieve the loss of his home or possessions. In contrast, he feels unburdened by releasing himself from the intrusive television walls that plagued his life. Thus, Montag's flamethrower dispenses powers of destruction and of cleansing. Before ordering him to burn down his own house, Beatty baits Montag, comparing him as Icarus and thus alluding that Montag, by harboring books, has flown too close to the sun and shall now fall to his death. With this analogy, Beatty argues that those who defy the law of the land will meet their end. Ironically, Beatty is actually the man that dies, while Montag escapes and begins a new life.