Children are expected to do many things that are either unachievable or hard for them to achieve leaving little or no space for hem to be happy and enjoy life. Pascal’s grandmother follows suit and tries to take away his happiness. The parents to these children have already taken away their children’s happiness through demands that are too lofty for them to achieve. Parents, grandparents, friends, and even teachers take away this happiness. As aforementioned, all Pascal’s age mates have gone through the same deprivation thus they want Pascal to be like them. After Pascal finds his balloon and takes it home, his grandmother does not want to see it and she throws it through the window. It is unfortunate that in some cases, loved ones take away the happiness assigned to every person. Whatever is happening to Pascal has happened to his age mates and this explains why they want to destroy his balloon. The environment that surrounds Pascal echoes how society is gloom. Pascal’s age mates are envious because their balloons (happiness) have been taken away and they do not understand why Pascal still possesses his. Unfortunately, people who are around taking that happiness away and put suffering in the place of happiness. When everyone is born, he or she has happiness assigned to him or her (Murray Para. Lamorisse uses the red balloon as a symbol of happiness. Nevertheless, what is the reasoning behind the children’s desire to destroy the boy’s balloon? The reasoning behind the Balloon’s Destruction Nevertheless, even though these bullies manage to destroy Pascal’s balloon, all balloons in Paris come to rescue him and take him on a ride.

Pascal’s age mates are envious of his red balloon and they try their best to destroy it. In school, the balloon gets Pascal into a problem with the schoolmaster who seeks to punish Pascal. However, the balloon does not leave Pascal even after letting go its string and it hovers over his head even in town.

The red balloon by albert lamorisse