The theme of Iver’s essay seems to be that happiness does not stem from money, but rather from the connections with others. Even though Maung-Maung has a degree in mathematics, he chooses to work as a trishaw driver. His reasoning for this is that, “In this job, I can meet tourist and improve my English. Experience, I believe, is the best teacher.” Learning English allows him to help tourists, which is one of his main sources of happiness. Part of his lifelong pledge is “All tourist people are my bread and butter. So I need to help everything as I could… I don’t have enough money, but I need to pay their gratitude at one day.” He does not need money to express gratitude. Finally, Maung-Maung is described as “A poor man… most important, he made many friends.” Muan-Maung is happy because of the connections he has made with others.
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