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A 5 page essay that examines James Joyce's use of point of view in his short story Araby. The writer argues that the tight use of the first person perspective is what gives this story so much of its flavor and complexity. No additional sources cited.
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is an open book, making him incredibly vulnerable. The circumstances of the narrative compel the young protagonist to examine the difference between reality and his own adolescent concepts of sex
and romance. Therefore, this story is also about gender, and how socialized expectations also affect the way in which people view each other, causing them to see each other through
the prism of socialized expectation rather then as they are in reality. Joyce says a great deal about gender in nineteenth century society-not by telling the reader explicitly - but
rather by showing gender roles and sexual attitudes through the experience of the boy-protagonist In other words, the tight use of the first person perspective is what gives
this story so much of its flavor and complexity. The strictness with which Joyce adheres to the first-person perspective is shown by the fact that the reader never learns
the boys name. Individuals do not think in terms of their own name. They are simply the "I" in their own thoughts. Also, the focus of the boys attention is
never properly named, she is simply "Mangans sister." It is as if the boy feels that her name is too holy to bandy about carelessly. Also, by defining the girl
according to her relationship to a male, Joyce subtly points to the gender hierarchy that was prevalent throughout the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The unnamed protagonist
is infatuated with a girl, "Mangans sister." Joyce never tells us the boys name or the girls. It is as if the girls name is too holy for the boy
to bandy about. Joyce never tells the reader anything explicitly about the young protagonist, but rather forces the reader to make assumptions based on the boys words. For instance, he
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