Araby
loose sentence
A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
How does the narrator feel the day of the bazaar
Anxious and excited
Where does "Araby" take place?
Dublin, Ireland
Why is the narrator distracted in school?
He made a promise to bring back a gift for mangans sister
Why does the narrator promise mangans sister
He will go to araby and purchase a gift for her
Why does the narrator have to wait to go to the bazaar
His uncle hasn't given him the money he needs
What can you infer about the narrator's age and experience with the opposite sex?
You can infer he's still young and incredibly naive when it comes to dealing with the opposite sex.
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?
You can infer the narrator's interests in Mangan's sister borderline stalker as he waits for her and watches her outside the window. Megans sister is unaware of the narrator's complete love with her. The narrator is not so much into Mangan's sister herself, but of his imagination of her.
disillusion
a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be
Tolerance
acceptance
chafed
became impatient
tedious
long and tiresome
tolerare
to bear
intolerable
unable to be endured
What does the narrator of araby do every morning?
Lays on the floor in the front of the parlor watching the door for Mangans sister
What is vision in literature?
Revealed knowledge or a truth that isn't available to the dreamer
What epiphany does the narrator have at the end of the story? Would you describe the epiphany as a positive or negative experience?
The epiphany the reader has is at the end of the story, the narrator listens to a conversation between a girl working at the bazaar and two guys. After listening to this conversation he realizes the bazaar, which he thought would be so exciting, is really a commercialized place to buy things. He now realizes that the conversation with Mangan's sister, during which he promised he would buy her something, was as meaningless as the one between the girl and guys. This epiphany is negative because he no longer sees the world has a nice place but positive because he sees what the world is really like.
What inference do you make about the significance of the narrator's experience at the Araby fair?
The inference you can make about the significance of the narrator's experience at the Araby fair is the narrator learns about how fantasy can work on a person's perceptions and lead to strange behavior.
What significance do you infer regarding the priest described at the beginning of the story?
The significance of the priest described at the beginning of the story is the priest shows negativity towards the church because the priests had been insensitive to the spiritual needs of his people. This is shows with his collection of books that weren't religious books.