Ames Joyce’s Short Story Araby
Thesis
In James Joyce’s short story Araby he is successful in creating an intense narrative. He does this in such a way that he enables the reader to feel what it is actually like to live in Dublin at the turn of the century when the Catholic Church had an enormous amount of authority over Dubliner’s. The reader is able to feel the narrators exhausting struggle to escape this influence of the Catholic Church by replacing it with a materialistic driven love for a girl.
“The former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room.” This statement shows the death of the church. Joyce longs to be free of the church and wishes that he could relinquish the ties that bind him to it, like the house. “The house was formerly own by a priest who has since passed away.” The death of the priest signifies the death of the church. The priest also has more significance to the story. He also represents the hypocrisy of the church. Although the priest was thought of as charitable he dies with a substantial sum of money which gives the impression that he had not been as charitable as he possibly could have been.” NORTH RICHMOND STREET being blind was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.” Joyce shows the Dubliners have now changed their way of living. By accepting a new church that meets their believes in religion. “North Richmond Street being blind was a quiet street” meaning that the citizens are still traumatized by the horrifying actions the Catholics did. However, Joyce points out the following “except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.” The innocent children are not aware the curtly the town has been through, thus bring life and hope to Dublin by the children.
The boy was obviously not in love with the girl when Joyce explains “Remembering with difficulty why I had come” the boy is confused and it is the beginning of his
In James Joyce’s short story Araby he is successful in creating an intense narrative. He does this in such a way that he enables the reader to feel what it is actually like to live in Dublin at the turn of the century when the Catholic Church had an enormous amount of authority over Dubliner’s. The reader is able to feel the narrators exhausting struggle to escape this influence of the Catholic Church by replacing it with a materialistic driven love for a girl.
“The former tenant of our house, a priest, had died in the back drawing-room.” This statement shows the death of the church. Joyce longs to be free of the church and wishes that he could relinquish the ties that bind him to it, like the house. “The house was formerly own by a priest who has since passed away.” The death of the priest signifies the death of the church. The priest also has more significance to the story. He also represents the hypocrisy of the church. Although the priest was thought of as charitable he dies with a substantial sum of money which gives the impression that he had not been as charitable as he possibly could have been.” NORTH RICHMOND STREET being blind was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.” Joyce shows the Dubliners have now changed their way of living. By accepting a new church that meets their believes in religion. “North Richmond Street being blind was a quiet street” meaning that the citizens are still traumatized by the horrifying actions the Catholics did. However, Joyce points out the following “except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.” The innocent children are not aware the curtly the town has been through, thus bring life and hope to Dublin by the children.
The boy was obviously not in love with the girl when Joyce explains “Remembering with difficulty why I had come” the boy is confused and it is the beginning of his