Compare and contrast Joyce's 'Araby' and 'Eveline'. Comment
Joyce, James was born on February 2, 1882 in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin. The oldest of 10 children, his family moved to different part of Ireland during his upbringing. In 1898, he began to attend University College, Dublin, and four years later he moved to Paris. He returned to Dublin in 1903 because of his mother's illness, and around this time he met Nora Barnacle, his lifelong companion. The North Richmond Street's, houses and schools were founded by Edmund Rice in 1828 and the foundation stone was laid by Daniel O'Connell. Joyce struggles to make a home in the cold, gloomy rooms of this house, which he portrays in "Araby". Joyce describes the claustrophobic atmosphere of this street vividly in "Araby", a story from DublinersJoyce's 'Eveline' is a story about a young woman who was unhappy with her life so decides to run off with a man whom she plans to marry. The plot of the story is a quest-like search for the love she doesn't feel with her father. The writer spreads this throughout the story, showing the depth of Eveline's character and her problems that come mainly from her father and all that arise from their relationship. The best moment in 'Eveline' only comes after the long flashbacks into Eveline's life end, where
In 'Eveline' such examples of personification are: "She sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue". His schoolwork is affected: "I answered few questions in class", thoughts of her disturb his sleep and the fact he went all the way to the bazaar for her with little to spend is also striking. "Turning a silver bracelet round and round her wrist". " In 'Eveline', much can be said in the way of poetic gestures, as for the example I have stated, "My body was like a harp" and the harp symbolizes the boy being strung along by her, and that she was the one playing it making us aware of the type of gestures he might be referring to. In addition to this, the writer throws the language into the story and adds a natural feel making us aware that his language is real. Whereas in 'Eveline', her father does the exact opposite and makes her give all she has instead of giving her all he has. The theme that Joyce gives the reader is that not only that you have to experience things for yourself, but that you shouldn't be driven by a vain urge, such as what the boy was driven to, an urge to buy a present for the girl. " The writer uses the different parts of the plot to control our responses such as it being like a quest as he battled his way through the streets and came all the way to the bazaar when it turned out to be a small place that wasn't worth all the fuss that he gave to it in the earlier parts of the story. Furthermore, she herself belongs to a convent, which is ironic as she doesn't act as holy as should be expected of a girl in a convent, yet the boy's family are holy: "Because she said there would be a retreat that week in her convent". To me it means that the houses are actually people with faces and that paralysis is hinted here as the houses are still, meaning the faces are also. Yet another example of a poetic technique is " Yellowing photograph", making it seem old, dying and lifeless, as the person in the picture was, also ironic. The entire flashback section of the story shows why Eveline desires a change, and the later part of the story shows her reactions to it. Joyce uses similar language techniques in both stories. The writer, however effective he is, still leaves us thinking 'are the stories similar of different?' and this is a gift that not many writers have or could, so yes, the writer is very effective in both stories, and I guess that this leaves us in a state of paralysis also. Examples include, "O, I never said such a thing!" and "Damned Italians! Coming over here!" The writer uses these very effectively as it makes the person in the story say things with immense power.
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