Araby: Short Story and Brown Imperturbable Faces
CONTENTS
Page
Thesis Statement and Outline 02
I. The Domination of Darkness 03 Đỗ Kim Ngân 03-05
Trần Thị Thu Hiền 05-06
II. The Indifference Attitude 07 Lâm Thị Phương Nga 07-08
Đào Ngọc Ánh 08-10
III. The Bare Surroundings Together With the Empty and Slow Train 11 Đỗ Thị Hằng 11-13
IV. The Unilateral Love 14 Trần Đức Minh 14-15
Nguyễn Kiều Trang 15-16
Appendix: Araby by James Joyce
Thesis statement: The short story Araby by James Joyce (1882-1941) depicts a picture which extends to us a profound impression about a gloomy, lukewarm stagnant and sultry life of Dubliners in 1890s.
OUTLINE
I. The domination of darkness throughout the story seemed to portray a gloomy life of Dubliners at that time and to foreshadow an unhappy ending.
II. The indifference attitude among the characters in the story showed a lukewarm life.
III. The bare surroundings together with the empty and slow train show us a boring and dull life without any motivation.
IV. The boy kept cherishing a unilateral love to a girl and dare not to bare his heart. To some extent, it can be seen that the people at that time seemed to be pushed down by an invisible complex which was too sultry to pursue their desires and express their feelings.
Araby is considered as one of the best short stories by James Joyce, a famous Irish novelist and poem. Araby (1905), told from the perspective of a young boy, belongs to Dubliners (1914) – the first set of James Joyce. Joyce is a very influential writer in the avant-garde of the early 20th century. And like many famous writers in 20th century, he did not have a smooth life. James Joyce wrote Araby in Trieste, Austria where he lived for quite a long time feeling there was no position for him, and frustrated with his frivolity of money, drinking habits and strained relationship with his brother. The collection Dubliners was a portrait of
Page
Thesis Statement and Outline 02
I. The Domination of Darkness 03 Đỗ Kim Ngân 03-05
Trần Thị Thu Hiền 05-06
II. The Indifference Attitude 07 Lâm Thị Phương Nga 07-08
Đào Ngọc Ánh 08-10
III. The Bare Surroundings Together With the Empty and Slow Train 11 Đỗ Thị Hằng 11-13
IV. The Unilateral Love 14 Trần Đức Minh 14-15
Nguyễn Kiều Trang 15-16
Appendix: Araby by James Joyce
Thesis statement: The short story Araby by James Joyce (1882-1941) depicts a picture which extends to us a profound impression about a gloomy, lukewarm stagnant and sultry life of Dubliners in 1890s.
OUTLINE
I. The domination of darkness throughout the story seemed to portray a gloomy life of Dubliners at that time and to foreshadow an unhappy ending.
II. The indifference attitude among the characters in the story showed a lukewarm life.
III. The bare surroundings together with the empty and slow train show us a boring and dull life without any motivation.
IV. The boy kept cherishing a unilateral love to a girl and dare not to bare his heart. To some extent, it can be seen that the people at that time seemed to be pushed down by an invisible complex which was too sultry to pursue their desires and express their feelings.
Araby is considered as one of the best short stories by James Joyce, a famous Irish novelist and poem. Araby (1905), told from the perspective of a young boy, belongs to Dubliners (1914) – the first set of James Joyce. Joyce is a very influential writer in the avant-garde of the early 20th century. And like many famous writers in 20th century, he did not have a smooth life. James Joyce wrote Araby in Trieste, Austria where he lived for quite a long time feeling there was no position for him, and frustrated with his frivolity of money, drinking habits and strained relationship with his brother. The collection Dubliners was a portrait of