ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To what does the title of Joyce’s short story “After the Race” refer?
A
the race for more modes of transportation
B
the decline of the Irish race
C
the race to establish an empire
D
the race for Ireland’s welfare
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“After the Race” explores the potentially destructive desire for money and status. The monetary standing and social connections of most of the characters are explored, but the story focuses on the efforts of Jimmy, and to some extent Jimmy’s father, to fit into an affluent class.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Race Symbol Analysis. The automobile race that occurs just before the events of the story symbolizes the international capitalistic competition for industrial and economic power in which Ireland is used by other countries but does not actually compete.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main theme in ‘’Araby” by James Joyce is disillusionment. Joyce depicts childhood as filled with excitement, fun, and imagination. The narrator of the story believes these feelings will carry into his budding adulthood, but instead, he is disillusioned.

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