4. The dialogue between the psychiatrist and the protagonist in "The Happy Man" is meant to ...

-validate psychiatry as a profession

-show the protagonist's sense of self fulfilment

-satirize psychiatrists

-leave the reader confused

The dialogue between the psychiatrist and the protagonist in "The Happy Man" is meant to ...

-show the protagonist's sense of self fulfillment

The dialogue between the psychiatrist and the protagonist shows that the happy man is not alone in his situation. That the psychiatrist also have clients that have the same claim as the happy man and that they are sane. Upon hearing this, the happy man finally accepted his happiness.