Unexpected Realizations in The Dubliners by James Joyce . Most of these things have a way of coming back to reflect different moments in one's life. Each story has a way of describing one or more of these topics. Sometimes relationships can bring up a lot of emotions and sometimes unexpected things happen. You can say that these unexpected things can cause someone to have an experience and a revelation, which can be defined as a sudden or striking realization. A day spent finally chatting with a lover may seem like a great idea, but when ideas turn into actions, the results aren't always desired. And that's when a person realizes that it's something they don't want. Joyce uses the relationships in “Araby” and “An Encounter” to highlight his overall theme of epiphany. "Araby" begins with a boy seeking attention from one of his friends, Mangan, from her sisters and "begins to linger on her sweet presence, and he ends up adoring her with an ecstasy of secret love ” (Stone 352). her door at dusk” (Stone 355) He begins to savor that moment when she calls his brother home after playing with his friends. The boy begins to wonder if he will ever find enough courage to talk to her and “. his eyes often fill with tears, emotion springs from his heart; he wonders how he could one day speak to her of his confused adoration” (Stone 360). young girl asks the boy if he is going to Araby, a bazaar in Dublin, telling him that she cannot go there. He notices so many things about her while she speaks, in the way that she goes. turns her silver bracelet around her wrist” (Stone 362) down to the way her hair shone from the light by the door. He was so intrigued by this girl that he barely knew her. The boy is so shocked by their conversation that he decides to bring her a gift from the bazaar. In his mind, buying her a gift will ensure another conversation with this girl. This gives the boy hope that maybe something could break out between the two. Meanwhile, it begins to show the boys their feelings for her and gives a feeling that something might happen after the fair. He's so fascinated by this girl that it's hard to think something won't happen between the two. Young boys normally have big imaginations and are willing to break the rules to have fun. In James Joyce's "An Encounter," the boys "disrupt their identity as a school subject by desiring adventure and escaping another layer of civil society that plays a instrumental role in the colonization of desire and the limitation of freedom” (Murphy 15). The three boys like to let their imaginations run wild by playing cowboys and Indians in the evenings after school. “The adventures recounted in Wild West literature were so far removed from the nature of the narrator,” he explains, “that they still open doors of escape” (Murphy 12). Even though some people didn't like playing this game, their sense of adventure never wavered. There were times when their sense of adventure carried over into the classroom. Father Butle...... middle of paper ....... When the man recognized the boys, he made a circle to sit next to the young couples. He has..

Essay / Unexpected Realizations in The Dubliners by James Joyce . Most of these things have a way of coming back to reflect different moments in one's life. Each story has a way of describing one or more of these topics. Sometimes relationships can bring up a lot of emotions and sometimes unexpected things happen. You can say that these unexpected things can cause someone to have an experience and a revelation, which can be defined as a sudden or striking realization. A day spent finally chatting with a lover may seem like a great idea, but when ideas turn into actions, the results aren't always desired. And that's when a person realizes that it's something they don't want. Joyce uses the relationships in “Araby” and “An Encounter” to highlight his overall theme of epiphany. "Araby" begins with a boy seeking attention from one of his friends, Mangan, from her sisters and "begins to linger on her sweet presence, and he ends up adoring her with an ecstasy of secret love ” (Stone 352). her door at dusk” (Stone 355) He begins to savor that moment when she calls his brother home after playing with his friends. The boy begins to wonder if he will ever find enough courage to talk to her and “. his eyes often fill with tears, emotion springs from his heart; he wonders how he could one day speak to her of his confused adoration” (Stone 360). young girl asks the boy if he is going to Araby, a bazaar in Dublin, telling him that she cannot go there. He notices so many things about her while she speaks, in the way that she goes. turns her silver bracelet around her wrist” (Stone 362) down to the way her hair shone from the light by the door. He was so intrigued by this girl that he barely knew her. The boy is so shocked by their conversation that he decides to bring her a gift from the bazaar. In his mind, buying her a gift will ensure another conversation with this girl. This gives the boy hope that maybe something could break out between the two. Meanwhile, it begins to show the boys their feelings for her and gives a feeling that something might happen after the fair. He's so fascinated by this girl that it's hard to think something won't happen between the two. Young boys normally have big imaginations and are willing to break the rules to have fun. In James Joyce's "An Encounter," the boys "disrupt their identity as a school subject by desiring adventure and escaping another layer of civil society that plays a instrumental role in the colonization of desire and the limitation of freedom” (Murphy 15). The three boys like to let their imaginations run wild by playing cowboys and Indians in the evenings after school. “The adventures recounted in Wild West literature were so far removed from the nature of the narrator,” he explains, “that they still open doors of escape” (Murphy 12). Even though some people didn't like playing this game, their sense of adventure never wavered. There were times when their sense of adventure carried over into the classroom. Father Butle...... middle of paper ....... When the man recognized the boys, he made a circle to sit next to the young couples. He has..

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