A&P and Araby
Both short stories, A&P and Araby, use first person narration to display the thoughts of the main characters. The use of first person allows the reader to see the world of the characters and follow their development. Most importantly the use of first person allows the audience to track the coming of age of the main characters through their own perspective and change in thoughts. Both stories take advantage of the first person. For example, in A&P, Sammy’s observations in the story deal with objectifying the women in the supermarket. “ With the straps pushed off...there was nothing between the top of the suit and the top of her head except just her...I mean it was more than pretty”(3). Sammy’s observations seem to drive lust from …show more content…
That same theme is discovered and developed in A&P and Araby. These stories use plot structure to display character development. For example, in A&P Sammy argues with Lengel for the girls since he is driven by lust. However, not realizing that he experiences lust not love, Sammy quits his job then has a realization. He states, “His face was dark gray and his back stiff...I felt how hard the world was going to be to me after hereafter”(31). He realizes that these girls were not what he thought and he had delusional idea of what may have happened. This realization is Sammy’s moment of maturity. A similar moment is experienced by the narrator of Araby when he states, “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger”(36). This realization of the narrator similar to A&P marks a transition into maturity through the plot structure. We see that the narrator has gone to attempt to purchase something from the bazaar but fails. This idea of lust is what has driven him to go to the bazaar. Upon his failure the character completely changes his outlook on life by realizing that lust had driven him not love. Both characters end up with a pessimistic view on
Both short stories, A&P and Araby, use first person narration to display the thoughts of the main characters. The use of first person allows the reader to see the world of the characters and follow their development. Most importantly the use of first person allows the audience to track the coming of age of the main characters through their own perspective and change in thoughts. Both stories take advantage of the first person. For example, in A&P, Sammy’s observations in the story deal with objectifying the women in the supermarket. “ With the straps pushed off...there was nothing between the top of the suit and the top of her head except just her...I mean it was more than pretty”(3). Sammy’s observations seem to drive lust from …show more content…
That same theme is discovered and developed in A&P and Araby. These stories use plot structure to display character development. For example, in A&P Sammy argues with Lengel for the girls since he is driven by lust. However, not realizing that he experiences lust not love, Sammy quits his job then has a realization. He states, “His face was dark gray and his back stiff...I felt how hard the world was going to be to me after hereafter”(31). He realizes that these girls were not what he thought and he had delusional idea of what may have happened. This realization is Sammy’s moment of maturity. A similar moment is experienced by the narrator of Araby when he states, “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger”(36). This realization of the narrator similar to A&P marks a transition into maturity through the plot structure. We see that the narrator has gone to attempt to purchase something from the bazaar but fails. This idea of lust is what has driven him to go to the bazaar. Upon his failure the character completely changes his outlook on life by realizing that lust had driven him not love. Both characters end up with a pessimistic view on