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    Sammy & the Boy “A&P” by John Updike and “Araby” by James Joyce are two shorts stories with similar male characters. Both Sammy and the boy of “Araby” are the protagonists. During the stories‚ they each go through a conflict that includes heartbreak. Sammy and the boy seem disconnected from the male figures in their life. The two main characters have unrealistic expectations. Unfortunately‚ Sammy and the boy both have a negative outcome. They both learn that everything is not what is appears to

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    Kaya 9/16/15 Bystander by James Preller Pages 1-223 Summary: The book Bystander‚ by James Preller‚ is about a boy named Eric Hayes. Eric moves to Bellport‚ Long Island‚ and he starts 7th grade at Bellport Middle School. Eric meets a boy named Griffin‚ as he starts school. Griffin is cool and very popular‚ but always seems to be in trouble. As Eric begins to spend more time with Griffin‚ he realizes that Griffin bullies a kid named David Hallenback. When Eric stands up for David‚ he gets on Griffin’s

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    Araby” and “The Cask of Amontillado”: A Comparison I found the stories “Araby‚” by James Joyce and “The Cask of Amontillado‚” by Edgar Allan Poe to have a similar idea behind them. They both seem to be stories involving someone manipulating the actions of another person. I will be talking about and comparing the different elements of each story and their relevance. Both stories take place in different countries. In “Araby” the story is about a boy from Ireland. The country itself doesn’t

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    As a child growing up‚ Joyce watches her mother suffer as a single parent‚ resulting from her lack of education‚ abuse‚ and mistreatment. It brought tears to Joyce’s eyes when she asked questions about school‚ that her mother had no idea how to answer. Whenever the two would go to the store‚ someone would have to assist them with choosing items‚ and counting money. She would hear people whispering terrible things about her mother such as‚ “That lady does not know how to count‚ or “She is stupid

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    Research Paper On Araby

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    An Essay on Araby Araby is one of fifteen short stories that together make up James Joyce’s collection‚ Dubliners. Araby mainly tells about a boy who secretly loves a neighboring girl‚ Mangan’s sister. This simple and pure love can be revealed through his action‚ his self-narration and his mentality‚ which can be best revealed in such sentences as “Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door.”‚ “Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romance.”

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    S Module: Lit 1 Assignment Number:3 Summary of Performance* Performance Components Bands Excellent (H1) Marks range: 70-100% Very Good (H2.1) Marks range: 60-69% Good (H2.2) Marks range: 50-59% Fair (H3) Marks range: 40-49% Weak Marks range: 35-39% Poor Marks range: below 35% Not applicable Attention to assignment task Analysis Structure Use of sources References

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    "The Boarding House" and "Araby" James Joyce wrote a collection of short stories that can be found published as Dubliners. An observant reader may notice a trend throughout these stories. They are stories of frustration and escape from the harsh realities that the characters are bound in. "Araby" details a boy’s first crush portraying youth and childhood. "The Boarding House" portrays marriage and love as a social convention and a trap. The innocent enthusiasm of "Araby" cannot be found in the "The

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    which all of the human race is affected. In James Joyce’s “Araby” and John Updike’s “A & P” show different ways that the protagonists are affected but these acts are unrecognized by the recipients of their love. The authors manage to apply a tone‚ style and language that eases the reader’s thoughts into the same familiar situation of a crush. Joyce and Updike work with this familiar feeling and have the protagonists struggling over their actions. In “Araby” the protagonist travels to the bazaar wanting

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    Araby Vs. Aladdin

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    but is more successful or less successful? One of the main differences found from the short stories are their settings. Although the settings were not directly stated‚ it can be easily identified from how the authors describe it in the stories. Araby is set in Dublin‚ Ireland because the character mentioned North Richmond Street which is a known place in Ireland. While Aladdin in set in the Middle East since they made use of Arabic names and their form of government is referred to as a sultan.

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    Eveline and Araby Both Eveline and Araby were well written short stories by James Joyce. Reading these two stories without performing any analysis or study‚ it would be improbable to notice their similarities considering they embody abstruse and obscure symbols within their settings and situations. But after meticulous study‚ the similarities in their themes and plot become clear and apparent. Eveline and Araby share the same theme‚ which is knowing the distinctions between the real and the ideal

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