"The Man Who Studied Yoga", by Norman Mailer: "Dissatisfaction with our lives."

Why are people often dissatisfied with their life? Maybe, it's because people settle for a particular life and want more or they don't settle and wish that they had. According to Sam Slovoda in "The Man Who Studied Yoga" by Norman Mailer, "many people are dissatisfied with the present, and either dream of the past or anticipate the future"(Mailer, 129). Sam discovers that this realization is hard to come by in the real world. Sam's inconceivable outlook over his point of view leads to his dissatisfaction with his family, with his friends, and ultimately with his own self.
Often the peopl…