If you're happy in a dream... does that count?

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Topic

Happiness Dreams

Speaker

Estha

Author

Arundhati Roy

Source

The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

India Asia

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Citation

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 11.

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over -
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

Harlem

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Broken dreams Dreams

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Harlem
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Harlem." Montage of a Dream Deferred. Holt, 1951.