Dubliners

Based on the reading The Dead by James Joyce, men are being categorized as the ultimate authority that has to deal with certain precautions and always be aware and is responsible for society’s behavior. Gabriel Conroy, the main character, is having a nicely dinner with his aunts Kate and Julia while having as company other neighbors and friends. This event, made possible by the two aunts, causes certain discomfort around the main character and a few of their guests as they start discussing…

The writer reveals a personal view of himself as a child and a unique way of seeing Araby. Therfore, arranging well, a particular description of the street the main character use to live on, with its oblique lighting. Comparing the opening paragraph’s tone to the end paragraph,”…was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood… “. Therefore Araby was generally content on his street, yet later an actually…

The short story, Araby written by James Joyce, is about a young boy who develops a liking for a young girl who happens to be his friend, Mangan’s sister. The author begins the story by introducing the main character and his secret liking for the girl, who barely talks to him. Fortunately, one day, the girl talks to him about not being able to make it to Araby, a splendid bazaar. The boy decides to travel to the bazaar, just to buy the girl something. The young boy faces many obstacles, like…

The short stories, ‘Araby’ and ‘A&P’ are both narrated by young boys and have first-person narrators. A&P is narrated by Sammy, a 19-year-old cashier, and Araby by a school going youngster. They seem to be telling us the story as they see it, filled with clear observation and description. One theme common in both stories is boredom. In Araby, The narrator begins with a description of his surroundings. The street is quiet with people who “gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces”…

James Joyce’s “Araby” and Rivka Galchen’s “Wild Berry Blue” are distinctly parallel due to Joyce’s and Galchen’s use of their respective protagonist’s folly and epiphany to depict the transformation from innocence to knowledge. In contrast, John Updike utilizes these same elements to illustrate society’s confining nature and the effects of nonconformity. The authors reveal the folly of their respective protagonist through the protagonists’ infatuation or obsession with a person that cannot…

In the short story “Araby” written by James Joyce’s he writes about young religious catholic boy that is going through puberty and is going though mixed emotions of love that he has with a young women. In the story, religion plays a big roll for the young boy and his exploring mind that changes the way he realizes the truth inside love. Joyce describes the young boys school as “blind” because it is at a dead end and doesn’t have a connection with anyone around. The boy is implied as also…

Anecdotes, stories, novels, and other grandeur forms of art often bring out many different emotions and feelings such as happiness, sympathy, pain, and horror. Books such as “ the Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Stetson and “the Dead” by James Joyce lead to create a maudlin environment within the book by discussing mawkish topics such as pain and restraint. In the yellow wallpaper, one of the main themes is constraint, an element that leads to the antagonist to lose sanity, “ "I 've got out at…

When placed in a desperate situation, the human mind tends to grasp at any sort of escape possible. In James Joyce's "Araby," readers are introduced to the narrator, a young boy, who has to face such a situation. Living in a difficult environment, the unnamed narrator fixates himself on his neighbor's sister, who he finds beautiful. Through descriptions of the wearisome environment and its effect on the young boy, examples of emotion towards Mangan's sister from the narrator and use of symbols,…

Ezra Pound eloquently highlights the overall impact Thomas MacDonagh had on Irish literature during his short life. Pound states that MacDonagh’s ‘loss is a loss to both Ireland and to literature, and it is a loss bound to be felt as his work becomes more widely known’. He was born in 1878 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary to a father from Roscommon and a mother from Dublin, both school teachers. Both his family life and the influence of his parents are key to understanding the shape his life took…

In James Joyce’s novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the protagonist, Stephen Dedalus, explores the different phases of his life. He grows from an innocent young boy to an independent adolescent man. Throughout his maturation, the experiences and interactions he has with the surrounding world affect his development and shape his personality. The impact strongly comes from influences, like family, religion, and people who interact with him on a daily basis. Joyce suggests not only…