Short Story | Araby by James Joyce Audiobook

[@abbababba8186]

Brief Analysis (from my English teacher): -whole story based in romantic irony -in youth nameless child idolizes Mangan's sister and the bazaar (Araby) based off her description -promises to buy her something while there in hopes of gaining her favour, quest determined -but once they realize Araby isn't anything like they romanticized it to be, they're filled with immense disappointment; emphasized by the descriptions of a dark and dreary surrounding world -realizes Araby is a commercial for the surrounding area, Mangan's sister likely won't care about the gift -comes to understand world as self-centered; people only care about themselves (vanity) -returns home change/matured; more realstic/depressing view of world -from idealistic child to disillusioned adolescent in an instant -child is made nameless to help reader take their place; assisted by 1st person perspective Themes of: Alienation Coming of Age/Maturation Appearance VS Reality Imagery: Light and Dark Loss of Innocence God/Religion Important Quotes: "central apple tree" - Garden of Eden motif (reach ik) "confused adoration" - first crush "she seemed to have spoken to me out of a sense of duty." - isolation "I knew my stay was useless" - epiphany "I saw myself as a creature driven and derived by vanity" - motivation to buy crush's love "I heard a voice call from one end of the gallery that the light was out." - childhood is over JOYCEAN EPIPHANY - a quest ending in reality-check, highlights person or event's essense/purpose I'm missing a lot here but feel free to add on, this is just a base-thing in case his style is too wordy for you to process.

[@misspeachy6163]

OH MY GOD THANK YOU

[@s.r.kpanditha5704]

Wooow....this is amazing ..and it's really useful for all I guess... thanks 😊

[@soulbound2]

Thank you I needed this cause I didnt understand anything

[@劉麗美-r2k]

Very clear and helpful.

[@vanessasantos2004vs]

are you an angel??? thank you!!

[@razzlejazzles]

I love the reader's voice

[@13Jezryl]

Ikr

[@lindadobson9854]

Jasmen coelho. It's the way James Joyce would have spoken.....so it is

[@coachpete2771]

I just heard an audiobook called "the Ragged Troussers Philanthropist" long book and it was him so I recognized him right away.

[@johnnythunder196]

"But my body was like a harp & her wds & gestures were like fingers running upon the wires". Magnificent.

[@st33nb3an4]

Incredible. That line will always have me.

[@isabelhart9691]

Thank You, im way too lazy to actually read it and i need it for school

[@bellacesella5634]

same😂

[@kamilledaniel840]

Same 😂

[@nathanc9866]

Same

[@neonplays8778]

same

[@greenbera5932]

Same 😂

[@asmrallison]

"Her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood." Damn Joyce

[@cavandavidson1185]

"Her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood"...what beautiful writing.

[@dragonaise2417]

I really appreciate that you added captions along with the audio book. Thanks

[@wylsie5432]

He talks like he lives in Skyrim

[@dwabees]

Rlly does

[@ahmadmokdad4412]

lmaooo rightt???

[@bradenr867]

Well he use to talk normal till he took an arrow to the knee

[@marybethcasey8358]

L

[@sbarr10]

I had great trouble with Joyce when I first attempted to read him. Then I came to realize how brilliant he is with simple characterization. His stories are like little vignettes.

[@ardalla535]

I've always loved this story. I wish it had been made into a short film much the same way as John Huston's "The Dead" --- a masterful adaptation. If you haven't seen that movie, make it a point to do so. What particularly strikes about the story is how Joyce changes the perspective at the very end. The last line is: "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger." That brilliant line is clearly from Joyce as an adult. A young boy would never have said such a thing. I think Joyce wrote it that way to shake the reader a bit. The sentence seems out of place, and Joyce is returning us to present reality. This is how he sees himself in retrospect. And it totally works. Joyce nailed it.

[@BF_Brix]

Bless ya for narrating these stories and saving me some time and trouble when trying to get through these for a class. I don't dislike English, in fact I'm quite good at analyzing and writing papers, but god, reading long stories full of words that are unfamiliar to me put me off from reading them.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

Tadhg Hynes' narrations are wonderful.

[@karurua.tebwarouti.terurua9335]

Thanks!!! This is very helpful in reading and understanding the text just by following the reader!!

[@josevitar3922]

I dont get this story

[@haremo1009]

It's maybe too late, but what i understand is that the kid thought that the girl invited him because she wanted to be there with him, but she actually just wanted him to go to the that place so she can sold her merchandise.

[@nylonthreadonmynek8838]

@@haremo1009 yep and what happend to the boy is fucking relatable....

[@camilleherrera5344]

Haremo The two girls weren’t the same person. The girl at the shop wasn’t the girl he had the crush on. She wasn’t able to make it. I had to watch a video lecture on it before I read it and the professor was saying that the Araby was supposed to be this amazing thing and when he got there he was disappointed and realized he really didn’t know anything about it which kinda symbolizes how his relationship with his crush was: Supposed to be wonderful but in reality he knew nothing of her.

[@درايفر-ذ4ب]

Me either

[@xkamii8208]

@@camilleherrera5344 thank u very much i had no clue what was going on the the story😂😂

[@squamham8426]

This is the most relatable english assignment ive ever read.

[@honeyinglune8957]

There's something truly magical about Joyce's description of women. The way he describes the light on mangan's sister in this story, the description of the woman listening to distant music in the dead and in a portrait of the artist at the end of chapter 4 of the girl looking out at the sea.

[@ryanpeters9108]

I've never related to an English assignment as much as I did this

[@kaleabond8985]

Thank youu! I dont have the book yet and needed this for school. This helped out a lot!

[@nickharris2120]

some of the greatest writing of all time..

[@barryspurr9577]

Brilliant story, wonderful reader

[@milaahmad7210]

Discuss the dark and light images in James Joyce's Araby, and then show their importance to the theme of innocence and experience.

[@dwabees]

I’m am struggling so much to understand this, ahh like I’ve listened to it 3 times and still am confused... this never happens when I read T-T

[@Roly-Poly-Guy]

I had to read this for online school so I just opened this video

[@julianarik2770]

Who comes here from literature class?

[@davidhorn6008]

Ahhh, The Thomas Hardy reader - I shall enjoy!

[@camelcaseco]

Around paragraph 24 you say "impoverished" instead of "improvised." otherwise, amazing reading!

[@Leon-ds6fk]

Beautifully read!

[@Suvorupaofficial]

I like your accent.

[@iansastoque7129]

1:17 for any I-Ready diagnostic takers.

[@aidankeo]

lol thanks

[@miss-fh3mz]

thank you for posting this!

[@86649277]

so he did not have the money to buy the girl back home something or did he got mad because the girl that tried to help him went back to talk to the guys and got jealous?

[@cansutamer5887]

As far as I understood because of his pride, our main character didn't want help from the young lady at the stalls. Because of that couldn't take a gift to his crush. He is angry at himself now. (Those COuld be wrong ;-;)

[@mellamojeff458]

@@cansutamer5887 someone summarized it and its not of that its him actually being immensely disappointed in the bazaar not being what it was talked about and his love for his friend's sister is most likely one sided

[@avacosby7435]

the narrator sounds like he just came off of the peaky blinders set

[@seancoutinho1638]

I like how he says "the bazaar"

[@mamamoo5440]

how is it related to the "bread of salt"?

[@fraidoonw]

thanks! was it irish accent? nice!

[@grantpatillo]

Thank you.

[@rebeccaveggieburgher3353]

Art looks like a mural

[@leehaewone]

8:39

[@solt635]

how do i make a formalist criticism out of this rip

[@mykhaelclaudea.venarao9265]

Wala ka pa din nakagawa mark? -mykhael

[@solt635]

@@mykhaelclaudea.venarao9265 hala HHHAHAHAHAA

[@martinezee4704]

What a strange unexpected ending.

[@alamgirsk3369]

Very Fine

[@RatTailedJoe]

i love how its read by an Irishman

[@imaffyy]

Its the cherry on top

[@AlliyahMarco]

The video's narrator kinda speaking too fast

[@6drk6mrc6]

Good reading, nice accent.

[@marioriospinot]

Nice.

[@rylanboley1371]

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[@lakeofire77]

who tf is mrs. mercer?

[@yourepretty3453]

not content related but God loves you all, staysafe

[@IRDC305]

This has to be the most uninteresting short story ever. Boring AF idc idc idc

[@ChickenManiac]

Thank you for leaving this comment

[@llAeroll]

I’m reading it rn and it’s not that it’s uninteresting it’s just really complicated and complex 😭 I sometimes feel the same though

[@alanpavelin6407]

IRDC305 Boringness can be absorbing, in literature or films. Try a film called “The Turin Horse”, by Béla Tarr. Hardly anything happens, and it’s stunning.

[@looneytoons4008]

agreed, why dont they teach us stephen king stories idgi

[@scottttym]

Read IQ84 by Murakami. Longest I've ever been bored and enjoyed myself. Literally nothing happens in that story.

[@banjogyro]

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