FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JAMES JOYCE
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Question
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There is an intense thunderstorm.
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He cannot find his boots.
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He is sent to a room after a fight with his brother.
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His uncle doesn’t come home until 9:00 in the evening.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following delays the boy’s arrival to Araby? There is an intense thunderstorm.
Detailed explanation-2: -The narrator’s uncle in “Araby” is an interesting antagonist because he wanted and promised to give the narrator the money he needed for the bazaar, and he only foils his nephew’s plans by accident. Further, the story never explains why the narrator is being raised by his aunt and uncle instead of his parents.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is happening at Araby when the narrator arrives? Most of the bazaar is already closed and dark. What is the best example of the “decent lives” in the houses on the narrator’s street?
Detailed explanation-4: -The evening as referred to above was the one in which Mangan’s sister, his beloved, spoke to the boy for the first time. She asked him whether he would go to Araby where a splendid bazaar would be held.
Detailed explanation-5: -The narrator arrives at the bazaar only to encounter flowered teacups and English accents, not the freedom of the enchanting East. As the bazaar closes down, he realizes that Mangan’s sister will fail his expectations as well, and that his desire for her is actually only a vain wish for change.