Analysis
Araby By: James Joyce I. Elements of Fiction A. Settings
The year is 1894. The place is North Richmond Street in Ireland's largest city, Dublin. The street dead-ends at an empty house of two stories.
Araby - the name of the bazaar B. Characters * Boy (Narrator) – the protagonist of the story, an adolescent who is in love with her friend’s sister. * Mangan – the boy’s best friend, who is about the same age with the narrator. * Mangan’s sister – the boy’s crush, who lives next door C. Plot
An emotional short story of a nameless boy in Dublin who has a typical crush on the sister of his friend, Mangan, and because of it, journeys to a bazaar or world fair called Araby, where he finally comes to a realization about his immature actions after he acted illogical and out of personal will. D. Conflict
The conflict occurs in the narrator’s (boy’s) mind. E. Symbols * Ashpits: Perhaps symbols of the hellish life of many Dubliners. * Blind Street: Street that dead-ends. In the story and in real life, Dublin's North Richmond Street is a dead end * Brown: Color that Joyce uses in "Araby" to draw attention to the plainness and dreariness of Dublin F. Point of View
An adolescent boy narrates the story in first-person point of view. He does not identify himself. But to readers familiar with the life and works of Joyce, it becomes clear that he represents the author. Joyce based characters, places, and events in the story on recollections from his boyhood, although he altered reality from time to time. For example, Joyce was not an orphan, as is the narrator. II. Identify the Style
The author use of a first person narrative, Joyce communicates the confused thoughts and dreams of his young male protagonist III. Choice of Words
The author used negative adjectives in describing the settings and then used cheerful or exciting words in defining the boy’s crush. IV. Identify Defamiliarization * being blind:
The year is 1894. The place is North Richmond Street in Ireland's largest city, Dublin. The street dead-ends at an empty house of two stories.
Araby - the name of the bazaar B. Characters * Boy (Narrator) – the protagonist of the story, an adolescent who is in love with her friend’s sister. * Mangan – the boy’s best friend, who is about the same age with the narrator. * Mangan’s sister – the boy’s crush, who lives next door C. Plot
An emotional short story of a nameless boy in Dublin who has a typical crush on the sister of his friend, Mangan, and because of it, journeys to a bazaar or world fair called Araby, where he finally comes to a realization about his immature actions after he acted illogical and out of personal will. D. Conflict
The conflict occurs in the narrator’s (boy’s) mind. E. Symbols * Ashpits: Perhaps symbols of the hellish life of many Dubliners. * Blind Street: Street that dead-ends. In the story and in real life, Dublin's North Richmond Street is a dead end * Brown: Color that Joyce uses in "Araby" to draw attention to the plainness and dreariness of Dublin F. Point of View
An adolescent boy narrates the story in first-person point of view. He does not identify himself. But to readers familiar with the life and works of Joyce, it becomes clear that he represents the author. Joyce based characters, places, and events in the story on recollections from his boyhood, although he altered reality from time to time. For example, Joyce was not an orphan, as is the narrator. II. Identify the Style
The author use of a first person narrative, Joyce communicates the confused thoughts and dreams of his young male protagonist III. Choice of Words
The author used negative adjectives in describing the settings and then used cheerful or exciting words in defining the boy’s crush. IV. Identify Defamiliarization * being blind: