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Childhood is an endearing time for everyone. ... James Joyce shows some of these ideas, including dealing with death, teachers, strangers, and sweethearts, in the first three of his short stories in Dubliners. Each story is told in first person, possibly recalling times from his own childhood. Critics question whether or not James Joyce’s stories are based on his own experience or just fictionary figments out of his complex mind. ...
Though in a letter to Constantine Curran, Joyce wrote, “I am writing a series of epicleti-ten-for a paper. ... (Interpretations 27)
What David was writing was that Joyce’s writings were meant to either open a memory from the past or bring you into a place of new experiences. ... While in reality most wakes and funerals have some tears but many laughs and memories. With Araby being about lust and sin, Joyce brings you into a place where someone would have to think to get some of the references, like the central apple tree referring to the Garden of Eden and the rusty bicycle pump referring to the male anatomy and hinting towards the late priest engaging in some activities in which he should not have. Francesca Vallenta wrote on an article by Harry Stone, the first person to criticize Joyce’s “Araby,”
Harry Stone claims that the story is "a portrait of the artist as a young boy" (376), arguing for an autobiographical basis to the story. ... After locating rather basic allusions to Yeats and DeQuincy, his look at Joyce’s use of Mangan arguably begins the Symbolic Thread of criticism. Noting that "Mangan is an important name," Stone notes that the poet James Clarence Mangan strongly influenced Joyce. ... (Vallenta)
With Harry Stone first criticism of “Araby,” he explains the tie between James Joyce and poet James Clarence Mangan. Stone suggests Mangan’s poem "Dark Rosaleen" is central to the story, stating that "Mangan’s poem contains the same mix of physical love and religious adoration that Joyce makes the boy show for Mangan’s sister" (Stone 387). ... ” Robert apRoberts was another critic who viewed Joyce’s “Araby” from the other angle. ... A secular priest can own property, and simply because Joyce doesn’t mention that the priest is charitable doesn’t mean he’s necessarily uncharitable. ... Joyce’s biography proves that he would be familiar with Baker’s work but not necessarily Seller’s. ...
Once Joyce finished with the beginning of Dubliners, he switched from telling the stories in first person, with the un-named boys, to third person.
Approximate Word count = 2023
Approximate Pages = 8.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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