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stre where he likes with his unconduct
Refer to the paragraph that begins on page 3
and ends on page 4. How does this paragraph
help to develop the character of the narrator
Excerpt from "Araby"
by James Joyce
It foreshadows his ultimate success in talking to his
friend's sister
It establishes his shyness as a limitation to
romance
... When the short days of winter came dusk
fell before we had well eaten our dinners
When we met in the street the houses had
grown sombre. The space of sky above us was
the colour of ever-changing violet and
towards it the lamps of the street lifted their
feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we
played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts
ochood in the silent street. The career of our
play brought us through the dark muddy
lanes behind the houses where we
It provides a contrast with one of his previously
described traits
it suggests that he is unreliable in this description of
events.
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