James Joyce's Use Of Literary Devices Used In Araby

The short story “Araby” written by James Joyce tells the story of an unnamed boy who lives on North Richmond Street. The short story starts off by giving the reader a brief overview about the boy's life and other relevant background information. It is soon expressed that the boy has a very intense infatuation with his friends Mangan’s sister. The story goes on to explain his interaction with this girl which leads him to attend an event later that week. By James Joyce’s use of literary devices, the short story is able to progress and give the reader an accurate insight into this young boy's life and experiences. One of the many literary devices used in this short story is the use of repetition. The author starts the story off by describing

Throughout most of the story, vivid word choice is used to describe the setting of the story. Particularly during both the exposition and resolution of the short story. During the exposition, the author James Joyce describes the setting of North Richmond Street, the location of the boys house. He begins to explain the appearance of the house by saying, “[...] we ran through the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odours arose from ash pits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness,” (Joyce 1). By describing the setting the short story already starts off by starting to reveal how the boy feels about his surroundings. Through somber word choice and the detailed explanation of how his neighbor hood where he roamed looked, it is clear that the attitude of the boy is not cheerful. Much later, during the resolution of the novel, the unnamed boy has already arrived at the bazaar, however, it's almost closed. He is asked to purchase something and he replies “no” after observing her behavior toward him. The boy notices, “The young lady changed the position of one of the vases and went back to the two young men. They began to talk of one of the same subject. Once