Setting
-Takes place in Dublin in quiet street, in the
narrator's house, and in the bazaar. -Gloomy and inactive atmosphere.
Used personification: ex. Blind street. Houses
gazed at one another.
Plot
The young boy lives in quiet street with his
uncle & aunt. He loves his friend's sister. He
reaches epiphany when he finds out that she
didn't love him & she only wanted a gift from
the bazaar. He found out that all that mattered
was money. (Welcome to the adult world)
Araby short story
Character
Point of view
-the boy is the main & round character.
Developed through out the story.
-the rest of characters are flat & minor.
First point of view adult narrator, which is the
main character. The story was narrated "after" it
happened, which added to it the adult deep
touch. It described the movement from the
childhood world to the adult world. The narrator
expressed his feelings because he was
connected to the epiphany.
If the story was narrated "before" reaching the
epiphany, the boy would not be able to absorb
the events, and he won't be able to understand
that he was entering the adult world.
Theme
We can find several themes in the story: -indifferent adult world (described in epiphany) -theme of paralysis (no movement, no change)
-gap between romance & reality (the title of the
bazaar suggests exotic things, while in reality it
was related to English not Arab)
Why did he use personification?
-create certain atmosphere of paralysis to the
readers. The atmosphere of depressed feeling
of death