Araby Puppy Love, First Shopping Experience, First Encounter with Adults Discussion

Outline 0. You and “Araby” 1. The Boy’s Language: Image & Symbol 2. Dialogue or Thought Bubbles Mangan ’ s sister, etc. Mangan ’ s sister, etc. 3. Staging and Adaptation

Have you had any experience similar to that of “Araby”? Puppy love Puppy love Mixture of sentiment Mixture of sentiment First Shopping Experience First Shopping Experience First Negative Encounter with Adults First Negative Encounter with Adults If so, what makes your experience less frustrating than the boy’s?

1-2 Figurative Language Image, Metaphor and Symbol

Language in Setting (1) – images of enclosure, darkness and decay + dead religion North Richmond Street – “ blind, ” expressionless and imperturbable. North Richmond Street – “ blind, ” expressionless and imperturbable. The priest ’ s room – musty air, littered useless papers, The Abbot, by Walter Scott, The Devout Communicant, and The Memoirs of Vidocq. The priest ’ s room – musty air, littered useless papers, The Abbot, by Walter Scott, The Devout Communicant, and The Memoirs of Vidocq. I liked the last best because its leaves were yellow. the backyard – rusty bike-pump, wild garden with an apple tree the backyard – rusty bike-pump, wild garden with an apple tree

Language in Setting (2)—light in darkness, femininity Mangan’s sister Mangan’s sister Railroad and the street scenes Railroad and the street scenes The bazaar The bazaar

The Boy ’ s Love -- Mangan ’ s Sister Images of light vs. browness (pars. 3, 10 vs. 4, 15). Why? Images of light vs. browness (pars. 3, 10 vs. 4, 15). Why? She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door. [...] Her dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side. She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door. [...] Her dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side. “ I kept her brown figure always in my eye ” ; “ I kept her brown figure always in my eye ” ; “ the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination ” “ the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination ”

3-4 Characters: Narration, Dialogue & Thought Bubbles

Characters: The Boy 1. par 5-6:  3 rd -person narration + thought bubble. (confusing his religious sentiment with the romantic) (film: chap 5-6) 2. par 10, 16  Dialogue between the boy and Mangan ’ s sister; par 16, when he waits for his uncle. (film: chap 7; 3. Par 25 –ending: Dialogue+ Narration + Thought Bubbles Note: Thought Bubble Too late …. Don’t forget your mission.

The Boy & his puppy love Stands by the railing when seeing or talking to her. Stands by the railing when seeing or talking to her. Possible Readings of Mangan ’ s sister: Possible Readings of Mangan ’ s sister: 1. She is unaware of his adoration; 2. She is limited by her environment which is a mixture of religious devoutness and materialism.

The boy ’ s emotions – religious images Par 5 [In the market, he] imagined that [he] bore [his] chalice safely through a throng of foes. Par 5 [In the market, he] imagined that [he] bore [his] chalice safely through a throng of foes. Speaks of her names “ in strange prayers and praises ” he does not understand, his eyes full of tears. Speaks of her names “ in strange prayers and praises ” he does not understand, his eyes full of tears. Par 6 At the priest ’ s room: “ All his senses seemed to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that he was about to slip from them, he pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: O love! O love! many times. ”  religious devotion and ecstasy? Par 6 At the priest ’ s room: “ All his senses seemed to desire to veil themselves and, feeling that he was about to slip from them, he pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: O love! O love! many times. ”  religious devotion and ecstasy? O Love! O love! You are my sunshine!

5-6 Staging and Creative Adaptation 1 1. How would you present the market place, the priest room, and/or the bazaar? 2. Can it be a story happening in Taiwan – or where you are from? How will the setting be changed? (Setting  commerce, religion and politics)