/lit/ - Literature

>>20634479
I need some help getting opinions about the idea that a person should never be content, and to always strive for greatness.

The book I'm writing has heavy themes of personal contentment v. greater satisfaction.

Basically, the main character is trying to find meaning in life (very original, I know) and the message that the MC and me are asserting, is that a person doesn't actually need any actual concrete meaning to be content with yourself and your life. One of the main conflicts of the story happens when the MC meets a group of people that are determined to undertake a mission- they don't know what will happen if they "succeed" or even if they can, but they deride the MC for not "fighting" for something greater than himself.

I just don't know how to make them articulate it, without them sounding like cartoon characters. Help?

>>17761980
Are there any stories of people being put through hell and then returning home, but they can't fit in because they're so fucked up? Not war stories.
Think of it as post-isekai.
I'm pretty desperate.