James Joyce's "Araby"
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In James Joyce's short story "Araby," several different micro-cosms are
evident. The story demonstrates adolescence, maturity, and public life in Dublin
at that time. As the reader, you learn how this city has grown to destroy this
young boy's life and hopes, and create the person that he is as a n ....
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.... at that time over Dublin.
The antagonist in this story, which can easily be determined is the
culture and life in Dublin. This has a great effect on the boy and the rest of
the people from this city. Dublin is referred to as the "center of
paralyses,"(Internet) and "indeed sterile."(Joyce) This plays a huge role in the
forming of this boy's life, where there is no fun. "Araby" is a story "of a
soul-shriveling Irish asceticism, which renders hopes and dreams not only
foolish, but sinful."(Coult ....
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