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Nothing was so true, and yet nothing was so mysterious, for the questions of who the people were and what they might want remained unanswered. The lack of an answer mattered not; indeed, the lack of an answer 2was part of the power in the idea of the people that brought the men to their feet and the tears to their eyes as they shouted…Like salmon who instinctively knew when to swim upstream, we all new who the people were and who were not the people. Anyone who had to be told who the people were probably was not part of the people… <\/p>\n
(p. 213) <\/p>\n
No, because happiness, American style, is a zero-sum game sir…For someone to be happy, he must measure his happiness against someone else’s unhappiness, a process which most certainly works in reverse. If I said I was happy, someone else must be unhappy, most likely one of you. But if I said I was unhappy, that might make some of you happier, but it would also make you uneasy, as no one is supposed to be unhappy in America. I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many. <\/p>\n
(p. 246) <\/p>\n
Nguyen, Viet Thanh. The Sympathizer (NY: Grover Press, 2015). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two quotes: Nothing was so true, and yet nothing was so mysterious, for the questions of who the people were and what they might want remained unanswered. The lack of an answer mattered not; indeed, the lack of an answer 2was part of the power in the idea of the people that brought the men … Continue reading The Sympathizer<\/span>