What do you need to be happy? Is it a nice car? Maybe it's a new pair of shoes? And the success? What defines success and what does it take to be successful? The truth is, it depends on your definition. Success can be defined in several ways. Success could be defined as financial stability, or it could be something as simple as feeling accomplished with goals achieved. Norman Rockwell's painting "The Catch" offers refreshing ideas about what it means to be happy and what is needed to be successful. At first glance, Rockwell's painting illustrates a successful day of fishing for three young friends, all of whom have their catch for the day stuffed in one hand and fishing tackle in the other. Of the three boys in the photo, there is one well-dressed one in the center and two boys standing on either side of him. The two boys standing on the sides are dressed in rags and use only measly twigs as fishing rods. The boy positioned in the center of the frame is well dressed and equipped with elegant clothes, but stands with his shoulders raised and a sullen expression on his face. Surprisingly, the two boys in tattered clothes appear ecstatic with bubbly expressions painted from ear to ear. The details of the boys' emotions in Rockwell's painting raise questions about the relationship between money and happiness. Theories about the link between money and happiness have been thought about for centuries. Shakespeare expressed his theory on this when he wrote “Poor and the content is rich, and rich enough” (Shakespeare, 3.3.177). Shakespeare's words can be translated into the idea that even if a person does not have much money, if that person is content, he is rich enough by means other than the mon...... middle of paper..... .be happy and what it means to be successful. Being happy is not the same as being rich, and money is not a necessity for being happy or successful. Money can make it easier to accomplish tasks, but it cannot buy success. Works Cited Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. “Flow, the secret of happiness.” TED. February 2004. Guest lecture. Rand, Ayn. Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. Network. June 11, 2015. http://www.aynrand.org/Rockwell, Norman. The capture. 1919. Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. Norman Rockwell Museum. Oil on canvas. November 12, 2013.Shakespeare, William. The tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice. Ed. Tucker Brooke and Lawrence Mason. New Haven: Yale UP, 1947. Print.Venzia, Mike. Norman Rockwell. Danbury: Grolier, 2000. Print.Wattles, Wallace D. The Science of Getting Rich. Blacksburg: Thrifty Books, 2009. Print.