Araby

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

James Joyce

Question 2

Connection

Answer 2

An Upheaval

Question 3

Why this story?

Answer 3

Coming of age, youth, innocence, maturity, loss of childhood beliefs, independent decision making

Question 4

Themes

Answer 4

Epiphany, fantasy and reality, adolescence to maturity, coming of age, religion, Catholicism, biblical expectations and beliefs, greed, capitalistic society, dreams, concept of love, obsession, infatuation, escapism, exotic and unknown, budding sexuality, disillusionment

Question 5

Tone

Answer 5

Fantastical to realization, enchanted, in awe, excited, feverish anticipation, high expectations

Question 6

Diction

Answer 6

Dazed, distracted, fantasizing, absent-minded, inattentive yet hyperattentive, dreamy, pensive

Question 7

Literary devices

Answer 7

Symbolism, imagery, metaphor, simile, situational irony, foreshadowing, subjective point of view, stream of consciousness narration, personification