Brandon Disney
Intro to Literature
Dr. Sarah Petrovic
03 December 2015 Maturity in James Joyce’s “Araby”
Clocks and Time in “Araby” by Richard J. Gerber goes into depth about the clocks in the story. Gerber explains Ehrlich and Doloff’s interpretations of the clock’s time saying that it “has covert significance that supports the story’s composition and themes, but a broader understanding of the meaning of the time to the boy results in a new interpretation of this element of the story, allowing for a fuller appreciation of Joyce’s likely intent.” (Gerber 274). Gerber talks and how ten minute to ten can have a different meaning. He gives the interpretation that it can be a cypher that is used to represent the author’s initials of “JJ.” He …show more content…
Both Gerber and Snart’s articles are on the same page and seem to agree with one another in that the boy in the story is maturing over the course of the story, although by using different means to show the gradual maturing of the boy. Snart uses the houses facing each other and the gazing as a way to show that, over time, the boy is growing up and gaining more understanding about his surroundings. At first he has more in common with the abandoned house, all detached and empty, and then later he becomes more like the other houses that are facing each other. Gerber tells how “the large hand of the clock overtakes and passes the small hand at ‘ten minutes to ten,’ symbolizing the boy’s passage from childhood into adulthood” (Gerber 247). Both of these stories use a period of time to show the gaining maturity. Snart’s example of change in maturity seems to be more long term than that of Gerber’s in that it shows more of a process compared to just the time reaching ten minutes to ten. These articles both do a really good job at showing how the boy is gaining maturity over the course of the story in different ways. Snart more uses moral gazing and the houses facing one another to show the passing of time rather than that of the clocks though. Neither one is really stronger than …show more content…
"Clocks and Time in "Araby." Joyce Studies Annual (Fordham University Press) (2014): 274-277. Literary Reference Center. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
Snart, Jason. "Detached and Empty: Subtexts of the Unoccupied House in James Joyce's "Araby." Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction 7.2 (2007): 90-93. Education Research Complete. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
Kelly, Joseph, ed. “Araby.” Joyce, James. W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (2015): 212-218. Print. 03 Dec.
Intro to Literature
Dr. Sarah Petrovic
03 December 2015 Maturity in James Joyce’s “Araby”
Clocks and Time in “Araby” by Richard J. Gerber goes into depth about the clocks in the story. Gerber explains Ehrlich and Doloff’s interpretations of the clock’s time saying that it “has covert significance that supports the story’s composition and themes, but a broader understanding of the meaning of the time to the boy results in a new interpretation of this element of the story, allowing for a fuller appreciation of Joyce’s likely intent.” (Gerber 274). Gerber talks and how ten minute to ten can have a different meaning. He gives the interpretation that it can be a cypher that is used to represent the author’s initials of “JJ.” He …show more content…
Both Gerber and Snart’s articles are on the same page and seem to agree with one another in that the boy in the story is maturing over the course of the story, although by using different means to show the gradual maturing of the boy. Snart uses the houses facing each other and the gazing as a way to show that, over time, the boy is growing up and gaining more understanding about his surroundings. At first he has more in common with the abandoned house, all detached and empty, and then later he becomes more like the other houses that are facing each other. Gerber tells how “the large hand of the clock overtakes and passes the small hand at ‘ten minutes to ten,’ symbolizing the boy’s passage from childhood into adulthood” (Gerber 247). Both of these stories use a period of time to show the gaining maturity. Snart’s example of change in maturity seems to be more long term than that of Gerber’s in that it shows more of a process compared to just the time reaching ten minutes to ten. These articles both do a really good job at showing how the boy is gaining maturity over the course of the story in different ways. Snart more uses moral gazing and the houses facing one another to show the passing of time rather than that of the clocks though. Neither one is really stronger than …show more content…
"Clocks and Time in "Araby." Joyce Studies Annual (Fordham University Press) (2014): 274-277. Literary Reference Center. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
Snart, Jason. "Detached and Empty: Subtexts of the Unoccupied House in James Joyce's "Araby." Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction 7.2 (2007): 90-93. Education Research Complete. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.
Kelly, Joseph, ed. “Araby.” Joyce, James. W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (2015): 212-218. Print. 03 Dec.