FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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Question
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Mangan’s sister has hurt the narrator’s feelings.
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The narrator fears he will miss going to Araby.
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The young narrator is in love for the first time.
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Mangan’s sister refuses to speak to the narrator.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The narrator says his eyes are often full of tears and his heart floods when he thinks of Mangan’s sister. What do you learn about the narrator from these first-person point of view comments? The young narrator is in love for the first time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The narrator’s relationship with Mangan’s sister is just a crush from afar, and that the narrator thinks of it as a love akin to religion only makes him seem more naïve.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mangan’s sister: With descriptors like “her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door, ” coupled with the reverence the narrator has for her, Mangan’s sister can be interpreted as a symbol for the Virgin Mary.
Detailed explanation-4: -Though he promises Mangan’s sister that he will go to Araby and purchase a gift for her, these mundane realities undermine his plans and ultimately thwart his desires. The narrator arrives at the bazaar only to encounter flowered teacups and English accents, not the freedom of the enchanting East.
Detailed explanation-5: -The story’s narrator, or teller of the story, deludes himself into believing he is experiencing true love, but by the end of the story he realizes that his interest in Mangan’s sister has been only a physical attraction.