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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts two classic short stories: A&P by John Updike and Araby by James Joyce. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The idea of romantic literature CONCLUSION Introduction At first glance it may be difficult to detect any similarities between a story set in a sunny A&P a few
miles from Boston and one that takes place in a dreary Dublin, but a closer look reveals a great many similarities. This paper compares and contrasts the stories Araby by
James Joyce and A&P by John Updike and argues that they have a great many more similarities than differences. Discussion There are fewer differences than similarities, so well begin with
them. In addition, the heart of these stories is similar in both cases-a young man waking to find that much of what he believed in was an illusion-so its logical
to end with that discussion. The stories are different in setting, and in the tone the authors use to describe that setting. A&P takes place in the summer, on a
sunny afternoon in the most ordinary setting one can imagine, a grocery store in a New England town somewhere north of Boston (Updike). Its a small beach community where Sammy,
Stokesie and the other A&P employees know everyone in town and are used to a certain routine; girls in bathing suits are so out of the ordinary that they are
shocking (Updike). (And yes, there really is an A&P-the abbreviation is short for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which has been in business for 150 years. Today it
operates 429 stores in eight eastern states (A&Ps history, 2010)). Its every bit a typical small town. Araby by contrast is very exotic. Its set at night, in Dublin, and
in order to get to the bazaar the boy has to go to a place with which hes only moderately familiar. In terms of quest fiction, he leaves his home
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