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Araby Assignment: What Happens in The Story With The Little Boy? How Is He Changed by The End?

The document contains questions and answers about James Joyce's short story "Araby". 1. The main characters are the unnamed narrator, a young boy, Mangan's sister, and the boy's uncle. 2. The boy believes he is in love with Mangan's sister but realizes by the end it was just a physical attraction. 3. The boy sees an opportunity to win the girl's affection by getting her a gift at a bazaar, but does not get her anything and realizes the limitations of his situation.

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Araby Assignment: What Happens in The Story With The Little Boy? How Is He Changed by The End?

The document contains questions and answers about James Joyce's short story "Araby". 1. The main characters are the unnamed narrator, a young boy, Mangan's sister, and the boy's uncle. 2. The boy believes he is in love with Mangan's sister but realizes by the end it was just a physical attraction. 3. The boy sees an opportunity to win the girl's affection by getting her a gift at a bazaar, but does not get her anything and realizes the limitations of his situation.

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ARABY ASSIGNMENT

Q.1: who are the main character of the Araby story ?

Ans. The main characters in Araby are the narrator, an unnamed young
man, Mangan's sister, and the uncle.

Q.2: How are they characterised (direct/indirect, round/flat, etc.), what do we


get to learn about them?
Ans. Characterization in Araby
James Joyce's 'Araby' is about a young boy who believes he is in love with his
friend Mangan's sister. The story's narrator deludes himself into believing he is
experiencing true love, but by the end of the story he realizes that his interest
in Mangan's sister has been only a physical attraction.
From the araby story we learn this:
Araby"'s key theme is frustration, as the boy deals with the limits
imposed on him by his situation. The protagonist has a series of
romantic ideas, about the girl and the wondrous event that he will attend
on her behalf.

Q.3: What happens in the story with the little boy? How is he changed
by the end?
Ans. Araby,' a short story by James Joyce, is about a young boy in Ireland
obsessed with the girl living across the street. When the young girl
mentions how badly she wants to attend a certain bazaar, he sees an
opportunity to win her heart by attending the bazaar himself and
bringing her back a gift. The boy changes in Araby by not only gaining
some maturity, but his emotions for his friends sister deepens as well,
and he comes to a realization and faces reality at the end of this story.
Q.4: Are there any archetypes you could parallel the main characters
(the little boy and Mangan’s sister) with?

Ans. Yes in the araby story theres are some archetypes In "Araby," James
Joyce uses many archetypal images: the innocent youth, the mysterious
female, and the distracted adult.

Q.5: Is there an archetypical story you can parallel the events of the
short story to?

Ans. In Joyce's “Araby”, the protagonist can be seen in the archetypes of


the coming of age experience through the hero's journey. As he
progresses through his quest, initiation, fall, death, and rebirth, he
encounters challenges which he overcomes to gain new knowledge and
development.

Q.6: What would you say is the narrator’s relationship to the little boy?
(Neutral, ironic, etc.)

Ans. There is an araby story The narrator is naturaly connected with the
little boy . The irony in ''Araby'' is derived primarily from the theme of
blindness. Although the narrator thinks he can see as begins to enter
adulthood, he is actually blind to vanity, which drives the adult world.

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