Sedric Paolo S.

Aquino
X Diamond
Problem
The problem was the protagonist’s
struggle with money and the lack of it,
infatuation with the dreams of winning the
heart of his crush and his perspective of
being ruled and consumed by greed and
vanity.
Resolution/Lesson
A delusion of adolescence with the
narrator believing he is experiencing true
love but he realizes that his interest has
been only a physical attraction. A failure
of his ideal and a turning point of his
awareness and a first step to manhood.

Characters Action
(1)Unnamed narrator Exposition – The narrator
creates feelings and gets
infatuated with Mangan’s
(2)Narrator’s uncle sister.
Rising Action – The
(3)Narrator’s aunt narrator’s crush have a chat
with him.
Climax – The narrator talks
(4)Mangan’s sister Title and Author about himself going to
“Araby” Araby but his crush cannot
go so he thinks of getting
(5)Mangan By James Joyce
something for her.
Falling Action – The
(6)Mrs.Mercer narrator arrives in Araby
and he couldn’t find any
open stalls.
(7)Priest
Resolution – The narrator
failed to buy a gift for his
(8)YoungFemale Shopkeeper crush.

Setting/Mood/Theme
Lived in a place called North Richmond Street with a sense of depression and gloom,
described as blind and bland with streets filled with nothing except for when the local
school is open.The theme is the loss of innocence which is the protagonist’s perception
of romance and life in a young age.