James Joyce's "Araby"
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Describe what you consider to be the story's main idea.
Why does the narrator feel so disillusioned at the end? What could account for such a feeling?
What did the narrator learn about himself?
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James Joyce's "Araby"
Describe what you consider to be the story's main idea. Why does the narrator feel so disillusioned at the end? What could account for such a feeling? What did the narrator learn about himself?
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In my opinion, the story's main theme is "coming of age." It's a classic coming of age story in which the boy, wrapped up in his youthful hormones, comes to see the world for what it really is rather than for what he vainly imagines it to be. It's a sexuality story, a story about a boy who imagines more than lives. He lives in a dream world about girls and relationships. He doesn't know anything about Mangan's sister (except that she's pretty and he's coming into his sexuality), but he "loves" her. I put "love" in quotation marks, because he doesn't know anything about love. In fact, he's infatuated ...
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