How does the uncles late arrival affect the narrator

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In Araby by James Joyce

A. How does the narrator relate to the former resident? What similarities do they share?

B. What does the narrator's religious background reveal about his feelings towards Mangan's sister?

C. What similarities does the narrator share with the priest?

D. How does the description affect the protagonist's perception of Mangan's sister?

E. How does this promise begin a internal conflict for the narrator?

F. What does the description of Araby reveal about the narrator?

G. How does the uncle's late arrival affect the narrator?

H. What does their treatment of the boy reveal about the aunt and uncle?

I. What does the train delay reveal about the narrator?

J. What does this conversation reveal to the narrator about Araby?

K. What choice must the narrator make? Why does he make the choice he does? What is the narrator's epiphany?

L. How does the narrator change?

M. How did the supplementary texts (Arab's Farewell, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) help to add context to this story?

N. What role does the medieval romantic structure of this story play in the reader's understanding of the text? What roles does chivalry play in Araby's actions?

O. How do we gain insight into Araby? What kind of lenses can we use to analyze Araby?

P. Do Araby and Gawain share similar traits? Does Araby's hidden message match the one from Gawain? What is that hidden message? What word could you use to describe Araby's actions in the story as it is related to this context?

Q. Araby is a coming-of-age story. What kinds of things does Araby have to deal with as he grows up and learns more about the world? What lesson or moral does Araby learn from his endeavors?

R. What impact does faith have on Araby's feelings about his actions at the end of the story? Did the religious conservative nature of late 19th and early 20th century Ireland have an impact on his understanding of growing up and finding love?

S. How did The Arab'S Farewell to his Horse change your interpretation of Araby? How are these things linked together? What was Araby's uncle's reasoning for mentioning this poem to Araby?

T. What can the reader infer about James Joyce from having read Araby? Does this text seem personal to the author?

U. At the end of the story Araby says, "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger." What feeling is Araby left with at the end of the text?

V. Can you think of any other characters in popular media, literature, etc. that are reminiscent of Araby?

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