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    Eveline and Araby

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    Eveline and Araby Short stories In the two short stories Eveline and Araby‚ a common situation is presented; they are interested in one person. While being interested in this person‚ the two are in between the two realms of fantasy and reality. They have feelings that cannot be understood‚ but they have no one to support them and help them. Towards the end of the story‚ the decision is made to determine which route should be taken. In the story Eveline‚ the young lady was positioned in the middle

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    different from the plot. …Theme comes last in a discussion of the elements of fiction because it is the consequence of all the other elements in a story. The structure and theme of a story are fused like the body and soul of a reader…. Though the summary of a writer’s theme is no substitute for the story in its entirety‚ your attempt to state it can help you to understand the story better” Compare and contrast two of the four short stories listed below. Begin your discussion of each story

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    Head in the Clouds The main characters in “Araby” by James Joyce and “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien are both at war with fantasy and reality. Both of these characters are ones motivated by their infatuation with woman they hardly know but believe that they love them. Both these stories tell us that their fantasizing and objectification of these women are used to cover up their true feelings. In return this offers the main characters an escape from reality. Through the exchange of letters

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    The Sisters, Joyce

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    THE SISTERS A young boy‚ who lives with his uncle and aunt‚ is concerned about a man who has had his third stroke. He passes by this paralyzed man’s window every day watching for the candles that will signify his death. The boy thinks over the word "paralysis" in his mind and ponders on its strange sound: "I said softly to myself paralysis. It had always sounded strangely in my ears”. One night at dinner a friend named old Cotter visits the family.  Old Cotter has come to the house to share the

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    A&P vs Araby

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    In this essay I hope to show differences between John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Arbay. Some of the things are that both of the authors talk about the same idea of a young boy’s growth for their adolescences. These boys need a lot more experience with the real world this comes with time‚ age and also experience. What is it like for Sammy to grow up with his parents and arbay to grow up with his aunt and uncle? In these essays what would you do if you were in the same situation as these boys

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    In this short story‚ "Araby‚" many biblical allusions are mentioned. In the beginning‚ it is stated that there is an apple tree in the middle of the garden. The apple tree obviously resembles the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil which foreshadows a fall of innocence. Other biblical allusions include: a priest‚ prayer‚ and the Lord. Joyce writes‚ "to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odors arose from the ash pits.” In the bible‚ there is a well-known phrase‚ “ashes to ashes.” The

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    Great Gatsby and Araby

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    Docs Google+ Gmail Calendar more All DocsEdit araby gg notes Caroline Angelini‚ Christine Nolan‚ Cassie Gallo‚ and Gretchen Hintze Araby and The Great Gatsby Essay AP English P.9 In “Araby‚” an allegorical short story from his compilation‚ Dubliners‚ author James Joyce depicts his homeland of Ireland as a paralyzing and morally filthy environment. The young protagonist is an unknowing victim of society’s preoccupation with materialism‚ and in his rush to grow up accepts its distorted views

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    Impressionism in Literature: Joseph Conrad & James Joyce. This essay attempts to give a brief comparison between two of the major representatives of the English Modernism‚ James Joyce and Joseph Conrad. Although these two writers come from very different backgrounds‚ they share the rejection of conventional realism and the search for new way to approach reality. In doing this‚ I will focus on the presence on Impressionistic ideas and in the new methods they will employ to depict reality

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    Summary Of James Sinsamala

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    Nasimango allowed hearsay to madden her. It could even mess up her marriage if not careful? Didn’t he read that a stupid wife ruin her marriage with her own hands. What had come over her? Didn’t the husband tell her how he had travelled from the city? James Sinsamala had protested

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    Araby‚ like the other stories in Dubliner‚ ‘ has both penetrating realism and a symbolic function ‘ ‚ as Michael Thorpe has rightly observed is his brief Introduction to Joyce in Modern Prose . Graphic and authentic picture of life in the city of Dublin in the days of the author’s childhood and early youth constitutes the solid basis of reality on which the story grows and flourishes. This reality is squalid‚ vulgar‚ meaningless petty and unpleasantly paralytic. The Narration begins with a detailed

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