Araby

1. Trace the text's use of light and dark imagery. Quote the text. When is the only time Joyce use light imagery in the story? What do these images represent in the story?

• "gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces."
• "the colour of everchanging violet"
• "the dark dripping gardens"
• "the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side"
• "like a summons to all my foolish blood"
• "my body was like a harp"
• "fine incessant needles of water playing in the sodden beds."
• "my soul luxuriated and cast an eastern enchantment over me"
• The air was pitilessly raw"
• "the brown clad figure"
• "like that which pervades a church after service"
• (part 2) When thje author describes how the boy is feeling about Mangan.
• (part 3) The images represent how the main character is feeling.

2. Explore symbolism- what various things might Araby represent to the narrator?

Araby represents the boys opportunity to please Mangan with a gift. It also makes him realize how inadequate he is, considering he is still a boy.

3. Identify and explore the plot -climax and falling action of the story. Why did the narrator eyes burn with "anguish and anger" act the end? What happens to him? What does he realize? What lesson does he learn?

PLOT: A young boy who inhabited a childrens home. He is secretly in love with a woman (Nun I think) who has no idea how he feels about her.

CLIMAX: The turning point in the story when the boy has opportunity to get close and talk to the woman he has been fantacizing about. Also obtaining the opportunity to impress her.

FALLING ACTION: The falling acting is the boys inability to buy a gift for his love.

(PART 2) His eyes burned because he was upset and disappointed.

• He saw that he was driven by his own vanity instead of reality.
• He realized fast how unimportant he is and that he has nothing to offer.
• He learns that he is but a boy that is maturing.