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The document discusses the narrative structure of James Joyce's short story 'Araby,' highlighting its first-person narration and the use of epiphany as a key literary device. It poses questions for readers to infer the narrator's age, feelings towards Mangan's sister, the significance of a priest, the narrator's experience at the fair, and the nature of the narrator's epiphany. The focus is on understanding character insights and the story's deeper meanings.

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Analyze Craft and Structure_ Narrative Structure (PDF)

The document discusses the narrative structure of James Joyce's short story 'Araby,' highlighting its first-person narration and the use of epiphany as a key literary device. It poses questions for readers to infer the narrator's age, feelings towards Mangan's sister, the significance of a priest, the narrator's experience at the fair, and the nature of the narrator's epiphany. The focus is on understanding character insights and the story's deeper meanings.

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NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

Araby
James Joyce

“Araby” has first-person narration, in which the narrator is a character in the


story who relates experiences using first-person pronouns like I and we. First-
person narration is typically limited to what the narrator sees and thinks, so
much information about the situation must come from inferences, or educated
guesses, that the reader makes based on textual evidence.
Joyce’s story ends in an epiphany, a sudden flash of insight that has been
brewing as an undercurrent all along. Characters may have epiphanies about
themselves, other characters, or life in general. An epiphany often replaces a
true resolution of the story’s conflict. Many stories use an epiphany because it
involves a dramatic change that crystallizes the story’s meaning.

DIRECTIONS: Answer the questions based on your reading of “Araby.”

1. What can you infer about the narrator’s age and experience with the opposite sex?

2. What can you infer about the narrator’s interest in Mangan’s sister and her interest
in him? Is he imagining something that is not real? Explain.

3. What significance do you infer regarding the priest described at the beginning of
the story?

4. What inference do you make about the significance of the narrator’s experience at
the Araby fair?

5. What epiphany does the narrator have at the end of the story? Would you describe
the epiphany as a positive or negative experience? Explain.

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