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Araby by James Joyce

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wheredotheducksgo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Read for a class and really enjoyed. Coming-of-age story that tracks the main characters journey from childish dreams to d veloping adult realism. It's about wanting to find beauty and excitement in every day life and having to confront the mundanity of life.

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2.0

Read it for a literature class and it just didn't resonate. I sort of get what the author was going for; hoping vainly for a more glamorous life that isn't likely to happen, unrequited love, etc. But nothing really happened in this story.

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creo q no entendí bien ahre

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reflective

3.75

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

“if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.”

“The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed.”

"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"

“The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.”

“Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”