What makes a man feel unreasonably happy and eventually collapsed? The short story "The Happy Man" written by the author Naguib Mafouz provided a significant philosophic theme of what it means to be human. It could be explained by three aspects. The pressure and reality derived from this world is waiting us to face, the sentiments we experienced enrich our life and add flavor to the outlook of life and the most importantly, to create self-identity. Together, the impact of the philosophical value behind this short story is tremendous and significant.
In Naguib Mahfouz;s 70 year career, 34 novels, more than 350 short stories, five plays and many movie scripts were published. As a productive and one of the greatest writers in Arabic literature, he won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. Most of his work style characterizes history and culture of Cairo, Egypt. Due to deeply influenced by the literary development in Europe, Mahfouz's works exercise realism which depicts many basic......
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