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Haroun IS happy
6 Rushdie
by bellwang

Towards the end of Salman Rushdie’s “Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” a victorious Haroun suddenly becomes depressed as he looks around him at his once sad city and sees everyone overjoyed. He believes that this happiness is a fake ingredient, like the clichés which compose different stories in the...
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April 21, 2005, 02:24 PM
Haroun's psychological lesson
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by lcolon

The end of Haroun and the Sea of Stories points out that self-fulfilling prophecy is a valid way to happiness; if you think or fake it enough, it will genuinely happen. Though seemingly unreal, The Walrus’s spell aided in the temporary happiness of a town and the return of Haroun’s...
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April 21, 2005, 02:18 PM
Rashid/Rushdie the Dead and Living Author
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by kparker

Though for Haroun it is not necessarily a happy ending, the ending of Haroun and the Sea of Stories demonstrates both the versatility of stories and their authors. Stories can uplift the spirits of marginalized people, as they do for the impoverished inhabitants of Kahani. Even if it is...
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April 21, 2005, 02:16 PM
Uncharacteristic optimism on my part
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by jsese

Haroun and the Sea of Stories ends on a truly happy note because the ultimate question and conflict - “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” (20) - is answered and resolved. By definition, a story is a fictional tale and thus a flowery lie. It is also...
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April 21, 2005, 02:15 PM
A Question of Happiness
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by aahearn

The ending of Haroun and the Sea of Stories is permeated with questions posed by Haroun, such as, “Am I in trouble or not?” (199); did I really travel to Kahani or was it all a dream?; “Was this the Walrus’s work, too?” (210); “What is there to celebrate?” (209)....
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April 21, 2005, 02:12 PM
3 is the Charm
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by kmcqueen

A happy ending must bring renewal and gratitude for those who encounter it. In the case of Haroun, his wishes come true not for just himself, but for the entire sad city. Haroun, when encountered by the Iff and granted a wish, wants to help his father, but at...
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April 21, 2005, 02:01 PM
The Machiavellian Ending
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by pdecoste

Haroun’s “happy ending” to his adventure is true and certainly not clichéd. The Walrus did not force Blabbermouth to kiss Haroun goodbye which made him “extremely pleased” (202). The Walrus also, did not force Rashid to tell Haroun and the Sea of Stories to the people of Dull Lake....
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April 21, 2005, 01:30 PM
A Bijective Function
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by oradwan

The end of Haroun and the Sea of Stories is truly a happy one. The resolution to each conflict presented in the narrative is truly a resolution, not just a “fake” (208) happy ending patch. This is evident in one quote that occurs in two places in Haroun. When Haroun...
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April 21, 2005, 01:27 PM
Haroun's Happy Ending
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by began

The end of Haroun’s adventure is happy, as the biggest problem that Haroun has throughout the novel is resolved. Rushdie writes, “After his mother left home, Haroun found that he couldn’t keep his mind on anything for very long” (23). The fleeing of his mother, Soraya, captures Haroun, and his...
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April 21, 2005, 01:26 PM
Happiness in Stories
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by jsimpson

“What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true”? It seems as if the tale begins with this inquiry however it begins before it. The book, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, is the exact tale that Rashid Khalifa told the people in the Valley of K. Even though...
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April 21, 2005, 01:00 PM
True Happiness Differs in the Eyes of Many
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by sstewar2

As the novel comes to a close, Haroun requests from the Walrus, “a happy ending, not just for my adventure, but for the whole sad city as well” (202). From the beginning of Haroun and the Sea of Stories, where we are presented with a “city so ruinously sad that...
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April 21, 2005, 05:00 AM
Only 'The End' For the Reader
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by kanders2

The ending of Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a happy one. Haroun is able to bring closure to every conflict was laid before him during the course of the tail: “Kahani” (209) is a happy city, Haroun’s mother has returned, “the Gift of the Gab [has] returned” (206)...
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April 21, 2005, 12:41 AM
Jumping on the Pessimism Bandwagon
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by jhoffman

Every absolute introduced in Haroun and the Sea of Stories is subsequently contradicted or complicated. To understand the novel's ending, it is necessary to examine the reoccurrence fo this phenomenon. The power of storytelling is partially subverted by the mercenary flaws in Rashid's character. The power of names, established by...
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April 20, 2005, 11:57 PM
Inner Conflict
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by rmccally

The ending of Haroun and the Sea of Stories was not a true happy ending. Part of the reason for this is that it didn’t really solve one of the main conflicts that existed within Haroun, namely whether or not stories were worthwhile or important. In the beginning of...
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April 20, 2005, 09:49 PM
Un(Happily) Ever After
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by acathcar

Although he restores his father’s gift of gab and reunites with his mother at the end of Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Haroun finds the fairy-tale, miraculous ending to his adventure disappointing. Haroun learns that the Walrus and the P2C2E can “synthesize [happy endings] artificially” (202) and...
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April 20, 2005, 09:43 PM
Seventh blog assignment
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by mphillip

Due before class on Thursday, April 21 There was a further silence. "Very well, then," Haroun said boldly. "You said it could be a big wish, and so it is. I come from a sad city, a city so sad that is has forgotten its name. I want you to...
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April 19, 2005, 04:05 PM