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Ksivusya [100]
3 years ago
8

“The Happy Man” is a satire, a story that uses humor to criticize elements of society. What elements of society is the story cri

ticizing?
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sertanlavr [38]3 years ago
7 0

The elements of society the story 'The Happy Man' is criticizing are: demands of jobs, death, and politics.

<u>Explanation:</u>

‘The Happy Man’ is a short story written by Naguib Mahfouz which gives its readers a deep message. The author have made use of satire wherein he criticizes some aspects of society by using humor.

This is a story about a man who finds himself extremely happy one morning. As the story moves forward, the author depicts that there’s no such thing as a perfect life or perfect happiness, because happiness is a myth.

Through the example of the happy man, the author criticizes the demands of job that is put to an employees, in the story the happy man works as a writer at local newspaper. Apart from this, the other elements of society are also been criticized which includes death, and the politics.

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