ARABY

Group 5
Coronado, Evangelista, David, Gascon, Gomez,
Pavia

INTRODUCTIO
N
Report by JC Coronado

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION
M
isguided Ghosts by Paramore
S
amson by Regina Spektor
D
ead in the Water by Ellie Goulding
M
ake It to Me by Sam Smith
C
ount the Saints by Foxes

AUTHOR AND
SETTING
Report by France Gomez

Author: James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
(2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941)
Irish novelist and poet
influential writer in the modernist avant-garde of
the early 20th century
complete oeuvre includes three books of poetry, a
play, occasional journalism, and his published letters

Author: James Joyce

F
rom middle-class family in Dublin
e
migrated permanently to continental Europe
"
For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can
get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the
cities of the world. In the particular is contained the
universal."

Author: James Joyce

b
ased "Araby" on his ownexperience
D
ubliin presented as a bleak city
M
odernist period of literature
e
xperimental
h
ad a difficult time getting Dubliners published

Author: James Joyce

Major works:
Dubliners
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Exiles and Poetry
Ulysses
Finnegans Wake

Setting
late 1800s or early 1900s lower income
neighborhood of Dublin

he narrators house (first portion)

he Araby Bazaar (second portion)

SETTING
Historical context:
All of Ireland was under British control
Roman Catholicism dominated Irish culture
Children sent to schools run by Jesuit priests and
convent schools run by nuns

CHARACTER
S

THE NARRATOR
dolescent

xperiences joys and misfortunes of young love

ngered with reality

MANGANS Sister

he person of the narrators desires

rings hope to the narrator

UNCLE AND AUNT

ncles drunkenness contributes to the
boys failure of his mission

unt appears idle and inconsequential

merchant
cts coldly to the narrator

SKIT

SUMMARY &
ANALYSIS
Report by Clare Gascon

SUMMARY: Freytags
pyramid
The narrator arrives in
Araby too late, without
being able to get a gift
for Mangans sister.
Mangans sister talks
to the narrator.
Narrator describes his
neighborhood, as well
as his feelings for his
crush, Mangans sister.

ANALYSIS
Transition to adulthood without guidance from the family
Narrator enters a quest for his desires and for Mangans
sister
Circumstances deprive the narrator of fulfilling his desires
Defeat and frustration
Light and darkness are both shown
Formed connections with the readers
Point of view: 1st person, but not in actual age

OTHER STORY
ELEMENTS
Report by Alicia Pavia

araby
1. Metaphors or double
meanings and symbols
2. Theme and tone
3. Allusions

Metaphors and Symbols

he Surroundings
The former tenant of our house, a priest had died in the
back drawing room. Air, musty from having been long
enclosed, hung in all the rooms and the waste room
behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers.

Metaphors and Symbols

T
he Surroundings

The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes
behind the houses, where we ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from
the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where
odours arose from the ashpits to the dark odorous stables where

Metaphors and symbols

angans sister

She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half opened door.

Her image accompanied me even in places the most hostile to romanceI

imagined that I bore my chalice safely through a throng of foes.

My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running
upon the wires.

Metaphors and symbols

A
raby

She asked me was I going to araby. I forgot whether I answered yes

or no. It would be a splendid bazaar.

The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the

silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an eastern
enchantment over me.

Allusions & symbols

he Bible
The wild garden behind the house contained a
central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes.
I pressed the palms of my hands together until
they trembled murmuring: O love! O love!
many times.
she could not go, she said, because there
would be a retreat that week in her convent.

Allusions & SYMBOLS

raby:
A real bazaar held in Dublin from May 14 to 19 in
1894.
Araby: a Grand Oriental Fete

he Arabs Farewell to his Steed

By Caroline Norton
Mentioned by the narrators drunk uncle
About how the master of a horse sold it, but
bought it back again.

Allusions & symbols

he Abbot by Walter Scott (1820)
Historical novel
A sequel to another novel, The Monastery
About the Romance and Adventure of Roland
Graeme, who was raised by Mary Avenel and
her husband (not his parents).

Allusions & symbols

he Devout Communicant
The Devout Communicant, or Pious Meditations and
Aspirations for the Three Days Before and Three Days
After Receiving the Holy Eucharist
By Pacificus Baker (English Priest)

he Memoirs of Vidocq
Eugene Francois Vidocq
A French adventurer

Tone and Theme

T
one :
Depressing, gloomy, dramatic
T
heme/s:
Frustration
Transition from childhood to adulthood
Cold, harsh reality
Adventure/Exploration

CONCLUSIO
N
Report by Matthew Evangelista

messages
eality is harsh. Reality Dreams.

xpectations lead to disappointment.

ont focus your life too much on love.

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http://m.sparknotes.com/lit/dubliners/section3. rhtml
https://sites.google.com/site/sacf13joyce/ letter
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/dubliners/summary-and-analysis/ araby
http://www.gradesaver.com/dubliners/study-guide/section3 /
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/267395/historical-novel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abbot
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides5/Araby.html
http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-some-biblical-allusions-story-arabyby-james-192571
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http://lit360.wikispaces.com/Setting+in+Araby
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/3310655/Araby-James-Joyce-1914
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