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Requiem for a Dream: A Novel Summary & Study Guide Description
Requiem for a Dream: A Novel Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Requiem for a Dream: A Novel Plot Summary
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Harry and his mother, Sara Goldfarb, fight over his addiction to heroin. Sara lives alone in the apartment where she raised her son before her husband passed away. Harry lives with his friend Tyrone C. Love and it is common for the two of them to pawn Sara's TV for drug money. Harry and Tyrone spend their days hanging out with other friends who use various types of drugs, hustling just enough money to get by. One summer they come across a particularly potent batch of heroin and Tyrone comes up with the idea that they should buy a large supply, stretch it out and sell it for almost double profit. The two friends start this venture around the same time that Harry starts a relationship with a girl named Marion. Their lives become tied to one another with the drug sale plan and for a while everything runs smoothly....
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