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Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · English

What Sell my Dreams (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) covers in Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 English: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.

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4 Topics · Madhya Pradesh Board Class 12 English · 2026-27

Topics in Sell my Dreams (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)

1

Author and Literary Form

  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
  • He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
  • His major works include One Hundred Years in Solitude and Love in The Time of Cholera.
2

Main Characters

  • The narrator is Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who appears in the first person and recounts the events.
  • Frau Frieda is a Colombian-born woman who sells her dreams for a living.
  • She is first thought to be Austrian because of her accent and setting, but she is from Colombia.
3

Plot Summary in Order

  • A huge wave throws cars into the Havana Riviera Hotel wall and causes panic.
  • A car is found embedded in the wall with the dead body of a woman inside.
  • The woman wears a gold serpent-shaped ring with emerald eyes.
4

Themes and Ideas

  • Dreams and prophecy are the central theme.
  • The story shows the power of suggestion and superstition.
  • It also questions whether dreams are spiritual insight or survival strategy.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Dreams as prophecy, irony, and survival in a magical realist narrative

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