Compare And Contrast Araby And A & P
The protaganist and narrators in John Updike's A & P and James Joyce's Araby share many of the same experinces. They both experince a fairy tale-like fanatise about the women around them. In the beging of the story the misconcive their feelings of lust or dependince as feelings of true love. In Araby he knows little of the girl he is falling in love with as is the same with A&P. But in Araby he has been dependent on the girl for a long time, in A&P it was a "love at first sight" situtation. Both of the stories have a connection to a store of some kind.The real differnece lies in the way in which the stores are precived. Araby is the wonderful, alluring, magical destination that he wishes to get to. Unlike A&P, which is where he
is stuck and wishes to rid himself of. They do both hold a strong connection to the girls that they desire. Finally it is these two factors that cause both of the narrators to have important epihanies at the end of the story. These epihinies are different for eah character. In Araby, his epihany came after venturing out on his own in a quest like sense and facing his decinsions. Where as in A&P his ephinay of sorts was heavly guided by his lust of the girls in the store.
is stuck and wishes to rid himself of. They do both hold a strong connection to the girls that they desire. Finally it is these two factors that cause both of the narrators to have important epihanies at the end of the story. These epihinies are different for eah character. In Araby, his epihany came after venturing out on his own in a quest like sense and facing his decinsions. Where as in A&P his ephinay of sorts was heavly guided by his lust of the girls in the store.