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    Araby Literary Critique In the short story Araby by James Joyce‚ the narrator‚ whose name is not disclosed‚ is struggling to face the reality of the dark‚ depressing‚ gloomy society where he lives. This is a coming of age story with it commences with the author giving the readers a sense of the neighbourhood. In the beginning of the story‚ the audience learns that when dusk falls‚ the kids go outside to play with each other. Throughout the story‚ the narrator struggles with having a crush on his

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    fairy tale. The story of “Araby” by James Joyce characterizes the story of a boy who is on this verse from innocent childhood to early adulthood. It is the story of the boy who gains consciousness about the world‚ unlike what he had seen or thought of. The story holds the period of life when each individual is innocent and optimistic about everything. In contrast‚ when truth comes out and disclosed to harsh realities of life‚ then one gets the insight of the realities. Araby is story of a boy who is

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    Amber Bray Professor Boisson ENGL-200-D26 03 November 2013 In the short story “Araby” an unnamed boy describes mostly his thoughts and experiences in a North Dublin street. The allure of a new love and wonderful places mingles with his familiarity to hardships. The boy truly believes that the key to impressing Mangan’s sister is held within Araby‚ which is a Dublin bazaar. There are some profound similarities in another short story “How to date a Browngirl‚ Blackgirl‚ Whitegirl‚ or Halfie”

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    Analysis In “Araby‚” the allure of new love and distant places mingles with the familiarity of everyday drudgery‚ with frustrating consequences. Mangan’s sister embodies this mingling‚ since she is part of the familiar surroundings of the narrator’s street as well as the exotic promise of the bazaar. She is a “brown figure” who both reflects the brown façades of the buildings that line the street and evokes the skin color of romanticized images of Arabia that flood the narrator’s head. Like the

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    In the short story called “Araby”‚ the narrator describes his first crush experience. Told from the perspective of a young boy; he tells a tale that shows emotional growth. With direct characterization and imagery concepts‚ the reader is able to relate to the boy’s emotional journey. The reason why the narrator uses these literary concepts is so the reader can see how the setting shadows the boy’s emotions. By writing in perspectives of fantasy and reality‚ the narrator can tell which part of

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    on our actions as human beings. Some principles could affect our actions in a bad or a good way. Age and experience play a big role on how we think and how we can make our decisions. Sometimes we make decisions based on our emotions. In ’’Araby’’ by James Joyce‚ the main character was a boy that lives with his aunt and his uncle. The boy made a decision that taught him a big lesson. The young boy realized that he was a fool after going far away from home for a girl. First of all‚ the narrator

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    The two stories “The Chrysanthemums” and “Araby” both have similarities and differences. These stories have different themes‚ settings‚ plots‚ and conflicts but they share one thing. In John Steinback’s story “The Chrysanthemums” and James Joyce’s story “Araby” the main characters both share similar characteristics. In “The Chrysanthemums” the main character Elisa Allen struggles to find her identity and loses her love and passion for her husband. In “Araby” the main character which remains unnamed

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    James Joyce‚ William C Williams‚ Jamaica Kincaid‚ and Frank O’Connor are the four authors of the short stories I read. James Joyce wrote “Araby”‚ which is a story about a little boy who has a crush on his friend’s older sister and he figures out that she has manipulated him. William C. Williams wrote “The Use of Force”‚ which was about a doctor who paid a visit to a younger girl who was sick and he has to battle her in order to find out what’s wrong with her. Jamaica Kincaid is the author of “Girl”

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    Araby” Love‚ adolescence‚ foolishness‚ and maturity are the words that describe James Joyce’s short story “Araby”. The narrator is a young boy living with his aunt and uncle in a dark‚ untidy‚ poor home in Dublin. During this time‚ this young character is facing something that opened the passage from childhood to adolescence‚ the feeling of being in love for the first time. This child‚ whose life is split between school and play with friends‚ now is deeply in love with his best friend’s sister

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    In Heyward Ehrlich’s “‘Araby’ in Context”‚ he claims that James Joyce’s short story "Araby" is not a tale of an biological event of Joyce’s life‚ but rather an array of three significant external contexts‚ "namely the historical‚ the literary‚ and the biographical" (Joyce 261). Ehrlich utilizes these contexts to establish that Joyce’s objective was to create fictional identities. By first identifying the "Araby"‚ Ehrlich illustrated the historical facts of the actual bazaar that came to Dublin in

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