Fantasy And Class in James Joyce’s Short Story Araby
Discuss in a 500 word essay a) how fantasy works in the life ot the young boy in this story, compared to Rosabel; b) literary realism elements (experience of food, nature, dress, mode of transportation, quality of communication, etc) used in this story to establish setting or drive the plot; and c) the similarities and difference in the authors’ sympathetic kinship to their characters.
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In we saw The Tiredness of Rosabel how Katherine Mansfield told a story whose plot was driven by how fantasy plays a role in a frustrated working class existence — while continuing to use literary devices that helped delineate class experience: ie the experience of food, nature, dress, dwellings and modes of transportation; communication/miscommunication.