Joyce Appleby

Catcher in the Rye written by J.D. Salinger, who tells a story of a teenage boy undergoing a period of confusion, just like every teenager. Trying to handle the aspect of growing up and gaining the feeling of comfort and confidence with who he is and his personality. In The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger implies symbols to express Holden’s struggles with immaturity throughout his whole life. In his opinion everyone is phony and fake. Holden acquires symbols that help him with confidence, comfort…

modernist James Joyce. In this short story, the narrator is a delusional young boy romanticizing about an older girl. The girl is not aware of his fantasies and infatuations, he gets angry with himself and he is forced to realize that she will never reciprocate his affections. The narrator put himself through some mental torture by obsessing about the girl day and night “ “At night in my bedroom and by day in the classroom her image came between me and the page I strove to read” (Joyce 282). He…

digest. In “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” Stephen Crane critiques a society that directly reflects the era he is living. James Joyce in “Eveline” also portrays a society that could relate to many people during this time period. Stephen Crane exemplifies a story of an old era coming to an end and the struggle of breaking into a new lifestyle in 1898, where as James Joyce describes the struggles of a girl named Eveline Hill in 1914 who's trying to escape a life of misery. Both of these short…

he becomes upset. Additionally, Joyce makes use of various techniques for the reader to apprehend; tone and voice being the two that go hand in hand. The story consists of light and dark within the boy. As the story…

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt is a compelling memoir that captures the author's life in the 30s. The book starts with his early childhood in Brooklyn, New York but the majority of the memoir is primarily set in Limerick, Ireland. The memoir details the McCourts struggles with poverty, sickness, outcasting and an alcoholic father. While the topics discussed in the book are heavy and at times quite dark, McCourt uses various writing strategies to keep the reader from getting too discouraged and…

to us all. These two earlier works by James Joyce and Alice Munro gives us a glimpse into the inside world of their main character, and the pains of growing up. However, the second story centers around Joyce's character in the “Araby”, a young boy breaking away from the childish play with his peers, after falling madly in love with a young lady. The story is set on North Richmond Street, where he and the other Christian boys usually play together (Joyce 154). The author doesn't waste any time in…

archetypal tale of an early teenager and his coming of age. Through a series of feats, the protagonist learns about himself and the adult world around him. As the narrator’s journey progresses, it becomes evident that he is progressing towards maturity. Joyce uses archetypal imagery and symbolism to embody the protagonist’s journey towards adulthood. In this story, the author uses the narrator’s journey and immaculate love interest to develop the narrator’s revelation about maturing. A…

Though the narrator’s primary focus in James Joyce’s “The Dead” is Gabriel Conroy and his thoughts and feelings, there is no doubt that there is a strong feminine presence throughout. Gabriel’s self-identity in “The Dead” depends on the presence of three women and without these women, Gabriel would experience no conflict and thus the storyline would be extremely different. His characterization is first revealed when he speaks to Lily, the caretaker’s daughter. She responds to the literal meaning…

Cárolina Romero Mr. Maust English IV AP 15 April 2016 The Beginning and the End of Dubliners by James Joyce In James Joyce's most famous novel, Dubliners, each story has some aspect that he critiques in Ireland. Joyce did not like his home country and believed that it was paralysed by the Roman Catholic Church, because the country was held back from modern times and failed economically. His first story The Sisters shows the overall themes of Joyce’s collection of short stories. It introduces…

What is found, when examining the people of history, is often that they are strikingly similar to modern people, in any region. Differences of language and custom truly come to nothing when faced with the question of human nature. Therefore the truth Joyce contemplates in his relationship between characters and art is a universal one. Humans, no matter their age, era, occupation, or area, want to feel special. We all believe that we are unique. That, of course, is true from a purely biological…