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    "Araby" Vs. "Going to the Moon" By: Heba Haidar Humans have always been curious beings. Their curiosity has brought about new experiences‚ and new knowledge that helped in the process of their evolution. Human children grow up and learn about the world by utilizing their sense of curiosity to gain new experiences in life. This curiosity that is built into us at birth is what drives us to be drawn to the unkown. "Araby"‚ by James Joyce and "Going to the moon"‚ by Nino Ricci are both short stories

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    Going to the Moon

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    The Short story "Going to the Moon" by Nino Ricci is about a young boy who discovers the reality of life‚ which once seemed like a fictional story to him. ... The story centers around the desire a the boy‚ to travel to the moon inspired by his first grade teacher‚ Miss Johnson. She allows her class to imagine going to the moon as well as follow the lives of the astronauts of Apollo I‚ as they prepare to venture into space. However‚ on the twenty fifth day of the classes countdown the crew of Apollo

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    Going to the Moon 1. Miss Johnson represents the good part of the narrator’s life and the beginning of the adventure. The beauty of her appearance gives the narrator a sense of relieved‚ and he feels protected. The detailed description of Miss Johnson’s appearance and apparel is significant because the narrator must be paying a lot of attention towards her‚ taking in her goddess fully. 2. a) The theme of this story is fulfilment or acceptance of one’s destiny. The series of events change the

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    Celeste Stroup Interpretative Exercise 10/1/12 Araby vs. A&P Araby‚ written by James Joyce‚ and A&P‚ written by John Updike are two short stories that are a lot alike yet still completely different. Araby and A&P are both about young boys who are learning about love as they transition into adulthood. They both fall head over heels ‘in love’ with girls they have never met before. Both boys go to extremes measures to win over the love of the girls and be their hero’s. However‚ throughout

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    A&P vs. Araby John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Araby are very similar yet very different in many ways. Each short story has a normal kid with an obsession over a girl. The big difference between Sammy in A&P and Jimmy in Araby is just that they were raised differently and have different values. The way Jimmy talks about his fantasy girl is on a more religious level while Sammy in other words is kind of impolite about how he describes the three girls that walk into the market. From the narrator’s

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    Araby vs. Macbeth

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    November 25‚ 2012 English Honors 11 Araby vs. Macbeth In the short story Araby‚ Joyce shows how a young boy develops a crush on Mangan’s sister‚ a girl who lives next door. It all begins when Mangan’s sister asked him if he planned on attending the bazaar known as Araby. The girl then explains that she will be away on a retreat when the bazaar is held and therefore unable to make it. The boy promises her that if he goes‚ he will buy her something. With the permission of his aunt and uncle‚ the

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    Araby vs. "A & P"

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    The Disillusionment of Love "Araby" by James Joyce and "A and P " by John Updike are both short stories in which the central characters are in love with women who don’t even know it. The Araby story started sad and ended sadder‚ however‚ the "A and P" story started happy and ended with a heroic act that went unnoticed. The main characters are both experience new situations and truths of which they were not previously aware. Both stories will be examined with contemplation according to the type

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    In this essay I hope to show differences between John Updike’s A&P and James Joyce’s Arbay. Some of the things are that both of the authors talk about the same idea of a young boy’s growth for their adolescences. These boys need a lot more experience with the real world this comes with time‚ age and also experience. What is it like for Sammy to grow up with his parents and arbay to grow up with his aunt and uncle? In these essays what would you do if you were in the same situation as these boys

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    Miss Johnson in Going to the Moon Many authors use symbols as a device in their texts. In “Going to the Moon”‚ by Nina Ricci‚ symbolism is used to illuminate the themes and provide a deeper meaning to the short story. The teacher in the short story‚ Miss Johnson is the most important symbol. Miss Johnson is a necessary symbol because she represents important themes throughout‚ including the connection between the narrator and his peers‚ hope for the narrator and acceptance of the narrator. Miss

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    YGB vs. ARAby

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    present at the devil’s ceremony in the woods‚ the realization changes all his ideas about what is good or bad in the world‚ taking away his strength and ability to resist evil. He is mortified by the reality of the woods. In “Araby‚” the

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