Coming of Age in Hemingway's Indian Camp and Joyce's Araby In reading Hemingway's "Indian Camp" and Joyce's "Araby", about 2 young boy's not so ceremonial passage to life's coming of age. The protagonist Nick in "Indian Camp" witnessed in one night the joy of going on a journey to an unknown destination with his father and uncle Charlie. Later, Nick receives an expedited course in life and death. Joyce's "Araby" protagonist whis friends with Mangan but has a secret desirable infatuation with his sister. The young protagonist in this short story eventually come to terms with being deceived by a woman's beauty into doing something naively rash. Hemingway's protagonist, Nick, in the short story "Indian Camp" rides curiously asking "where are we going, Dad? (28). Yet, being secure while Nick lay back with his father's arm around him (28). Upon arrival of the shanty lined beach, life's lesson begins to unfold. Nick's sympathy for the woman screaming in pain because of delivering a baby without anaesthetic unleashed a feeling of compassion. Nick's apathy for the final stage of the birthing process was the opposite of the elation his father and uncle felt. The moving education of Nick was witnessing the completed suicide of the indian man. The protagonist question of immortality was very poignant; especially when he asked his father " Is dying hard?" (31). Nick left with the feeling "that he would never die"(31). I can relate to Nick's experience in the story. I remember joyously going to a destination with my mother. I was elated to go work with my mother whose occupation was a counselor working for the City of Chicago Mental Health Center. The car stopped at the Chicago Reed Mental Hospital. The Sunday afternoon excursion turned from a fun car ride to a shocking reality check. The coming of age reality for me was seeing the young patients in the hospital being sedated due to sporatic outbursts, a young girl rocking against the padded walls of the room, and people talking to themselves incoherently. The lesson for me was to express myself in an positive manner and not keep problems bottled up on the inside. Why? I do not want to become insane and be institiutionalized. I suppose Nick's lesson was he would never die especially by suicide. On the otherhand, the protagonist in the Joyce short story "Araby" was smitten by a friend's sister. Maybe it was his first love. He would always admire her from afar especially peering throuogh his window waiting to get a glimpse of her. The thrill for him was when Mangan's sister finally spoke to him. The lad was "so confused that I did not know what to answer"(39). Yet he made a promise to bring her something back from the bazaar since she was not able to go. The young protagonist learned a quick lesson in dissapointment from his uncle and that the vanity of a female is nothing but a motivatiion to do foolish things. I, attended an all girl school in Chicago. I had eyes for this young man that attended the all boy school across the street from the school I attended. I would admire this guy from afar but I was too nervous to speak. Finally, the young man spoke to me. The boy's school was hosting a dance. I went to the dance with the hopes of dancing with him. I was disappointed when the goog looking guy brought his girlfriend which attended the rival all girls school. I learned that looks are not everything. Also, there are some guys that are jerks. I suppose the protagonist learned that looks are not everything as well as all girls are not the same.
As much as generous and honest Nick Carraway is, he still needs a few important improvements in himself. Nick went to Yale, fought in world war one and moved to East of New York to work in finance. After moving to New York, Nick faces tough dilemmas throughout the story such as revealing secrets, and witnessing betrayal. His innocence and malevolence toward others was beyond his control. He did not have the ability or knowledge to know what he should have done in the spots he was set in. He seemed lost and having no control of what went on- almost trapped- but indeed, he had more control than he could have ever known. Because of the situations he has experienced and the people he has met, such as Gatsby, Tom, Jordan and Daisy, his point of view on the world changed dramatically which is very depressing. Trusting the others and caring for them greatly has put him in a disheartening gloomy position.
John Updike's A & P and James Joyce's Araby share many of the same literary traits. The primary focus of the two stories revolves around a young man who is compelled to decipher the difference between cruel reality and the fantasies of romance that play in his head. That the man does, indeed, discover the difference is what sets him off into emotional collapse. One of the main similarities between the two stories is the fact that the main character, who is also the protagonist, has built up incredible, yet unrealistic, expectations of women, having focused upon one in particular towards which he places all his unrequited affection. The expectation these men hold when finally "face to face with their object of worship" (Wells, 1993, p. 127) is what sends the final and crushing blow of reality: The rejection they suffer is far too great for them to bear.
In this essay I will discuss the short stories A&P by John Updike and Araby by James Joyce which share several similarities as well as distinct differences between the themes and the main characters. I will compare or contrast two or more significant literary elements from each of the stories and discuss how those elements contribute to each story’s theme.
John Updike's “A & P” and James Joyce's “Araby” are very similar. The theme of the two stories is about a young man who is interested in figuring out the difference between reality and the fantasies of romance that play in his head and of the mistaken thoughts each has about their world, the girls, and themselves. One of the main similarities between the two stories is the fact that the main character has built up unrealistic expectations of women. Both characters have focused upon one girl in which they place all their affection. Both Sammy and the boy suffer rejection in the end. Both stories also dive into the unstable mind of a young man who is faced with one of life's most difficult lessons. The lesson learned is that things are not always as they appear to be.
But there is another answer as well. Tonight I want to share with you another reason I became a rabbi. There is an old story told of a group of disciples who came to their rabbi with real fear in their eyes. “Rabbi,” they said, “we have tried sending one of our group down into the cellar for supplies, but it is dark and damp and we fear that spirits will take us.” The Rabbi replied, “you are correct to be afraid – the next time you enter the cellar, bring with you brooms and bats to protect yourself, and you will no longer be afraid.” A few days later they returned, saying, “Rabbi, it is no use. The brooms and bats cannot protect us, the spirits are too powerful.” And then the rabbi replied, “of course, these are no ordinary s...
James Joyce's short story, "Araby," from the collection Dubliners, is a classic coming of age tale. Set amongst the "somber" (Joyce, 1914, p.1) and decaying background of Dublin at the turn of the 20th century, the unnamed protagonist, awkwardly moving from childhood to adolescence, struggles with his idealized perception of love and romance. The boy's intention for love is directed at an older girl who lives on the same street; however, the romantic quest is misguided by his "blind" (Joyce, 1914, p. 1) and "confused adoration" (Joyce, 1914, p. 2). As the narrator anxiously awaits and finally makes a trip to the bazaar to buy a gift for the girl, the romanticized journey proves to signify the loss of innocence and utter disillusionment with love.
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With this essay, there will be arguments regarding the essentialism and non-essentialism in modern society that emphasized in How I Met Your Mother series, specifically on gender stereotypes and cultural stereotypes. In such extreme cases, both stereotypes can lead into discrimination – e.g. race discrimination and sexism.
First, many Japanese students are surprised by American schools because American students pay much attention to teachers, and also they interrupt teachers to ask questions or to express their opinions. The style of teaching in the U.S. is completely different from Japan, especially in two points. One difference is that teachers in Japan expect students to be quiet in classes. In general, teachers explain the content of textbooks, hand-outs, and other materials. But in American schools, teachers think class participation is very important, and they require students to give their opinions or ask questions in classes.
In “Araby”, author James Joyce presents a male adolescent who becomes infatuated with an idealized version of a schoolgirl, and explores the consequences which result from the disillusionment of his dreams. While living with his uncle and aunt, the main character acts a joyous presence in an otherwise depressing neighborhood. In Katherine Mansfield’s, The Garden Party, Mansfield’s depicts a young woman, Laura Sherridan, as she struggles through confusion, enlightenment, and the complication of class distinctions on her path to adulthood. Both James Joyce and Katherine Mansfield expertly use the literary elements of characterization to illustrate the journey of self-discovery while both main characters recognize that reality is not what they previously conceptualized it as.
The visual and emblematic details established throughout the story are highly concentrated, with Araby culminating, largely, in the epiphany of the young unnamed narrator. To Joyce, an epiphany occurs at the instant when the essence of a character is revealed, when all the forces that endure and influence his life converge, and when we can, in that moment, comprehend and appreciate him. As follows, Araby is a story of an epiphany that is centered on a principal deception or failure, a fundamental imperfection that results in an ultimate realization of life, spirit, and disillusionment. The significance is exposed in the boy’s intellectual and emotional journey from first love to first dejection,
The protagonist in Joyce's "Araby" learns a different lesson: the bitter disappointment that is sometimes the result of youthful infatuation. The yearning he feels for Mangan's sister is an emotion of which only he is aware: "I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood".
James Joyce, a well known novelist and poet, in his short story “Araby” presents the readers with an innocent boy emerging into his teen feelings and his constant inner battle between religious beliefs and prohibited desires. Joyce uses a combination of religious words and a childish imagery to illustrate the transition of this young boy into a teenager. The boy’s confusion between his feelings towards his first love and a religious background that forbids sexual thoughts is what drives him to understand and begin to see the world of love with a different perspective.
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Frustration another prevailing theme in some of Joyce’s work has also been outlined in Araby. Everyday the boy would suffer with an infatuation with a girl he could never have. He even had to deal with his frustration of his self-serving uncle, which he and his aunt were afraid of. The absolute epitome of frustration comes from his uncle when he arrived late at home delaying the one chance of going to Araby. When the boy arrives at Araby to find out that all of the shops are closed his true frustration was reveled on the inside.