The reason for this genre is supposed to shed light upon Gaston Julia's childhood. Both Gaston Julia and Benoit Mandelbrot were pioneers in the field of fractals, especially Mandelbrot. I wanted to introduce this genre as to juxtapose Julia and Mandelbrot. Much of their early lives was similar and by viewing such similarities, one can construct how one's environments may impact their pursuit of happiness. Here, Julia's happiness heavily relied on the pursuit of knowledge.

This genre was presented as to introduce Benoit Mandelbrot to the audience and his early childhood. Additionally, the genre was placed immediately after Gaston Julia's poem so the audience could draw connections between Julia's childhood and Mandelbrot's childhood. IN essence, this developed a central idea of the pursuit of happiness through dedications of one's work despite the challenges.

This genre presented Mandelbrot's accomplishments and how they contributed to his pursuit of happiness. It presents Mandelbrot's life in chronological order and highlights the impact his death had on the mathematics communitiy.

This short essay was specifically chosen last to combine all information gathered and talk about one of Mandelbrot's greatest accomplishments, the discovery of the Mandelbrot set and subsequent research on it. It was chosen so he could express his passion and pursuit of happiness firsthand.