`` Araby `` By James Joyce And The Love Song Of J. Alfred...

Your identity is as simple as who you are. Yet there are a few things that can change this such as new beliefs, or certain life experiences. We see examples of these in two different pieces of literature, â€Å"Araby† by James Joyce and â€Å"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock† by T.S. Elliot. Things that happen in your life can shape and mold who you become. For example we have Alfred Prufrock who is embarrassed by his own life, unhappy, and afraid of rejection. Something must have happened in his life to the point where he refuses to take chances, yet he is highly dissatisfied with his life. However that’s his identity He wants so bad to be social yet he feels as if everyone is talking about him. â€Å"(They will say: â€Å"How his hair is growing thin!†)† or â€Å"(They will say: ‘But how his arms and legs are thin!†)†. (Lines 41 and 44) He is too worried about other people’s opinions to go for what he wishes to have. He even states â€Å"I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.† (Lines 123-124) He has such little self-confidence that he believes not even mermaids want to lure him in. He is saying he is not even good enough to be a sea monster’s dinner. Even though Prufrock feels as if everyone is gossiping about him, there is no proof in the poem. The only evidence we have is said about the woman. Its states â€Å"And I have known the arms already, known them all:† (Lines 62). It seems as if he has known this woman for a while. He notices the littleShow MoreRelatedModernism - Araby and the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Essay1382 Words   |  6 Pagesof the world as fractured and chaotic, especially due to paralysis and alienation in modern society. This newly perceived reality is reflected through techniques of fragmentation in modernist works such as James Joyce’s short story â€Å"Araby† and T.S. Eliot’s poem â€Å"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock†. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, fundamental and far-reaching changes in society often made individuals feel wary and estranged from their surrounding world. These changes included urbanization, technologicalRead MoreAnalysis Of Araby And The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock1776 Words   |  8 Pageswonderful experience full of joy or a horrible, hellish chamber full of uncertainty and despair. This paper discusses how different characters in the short stories â€Å"Araby† and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock are prisoners of anticipation. It shows how it stifles the characters’ ability to live life to the fullest. James Joyce published â€Å"Araby† in 1914 in his short-story collection of Dubliners. It is about an introverted young boy who is fumbling towards adulthood with an infatuation towards a girlRead MoreHow to Read Lit Like a Prof Notes3608 Words   |  15 PagesMetamorphoses by Ovid—transformation (Kafka) f. Oedipus: family triangles, being blinded, dysfunctional family g. Cassandra: refusing to hear the truth h. A wronged woman gone violent in her grief and madness—Aeneas and Dido or Jason and Medea i. Mother love—Demeter and Persephone 10. It’s more than just rain or snow a. Rain i. fertility and life ii. Noah and the flood iii. Drowning—one of our deepest fears b. Why? i. plot device ii. atmospherics iii. misery factor—challenge characters iv. democratic element—theRead MoreBusiness and Management2600 Words   |  11 Pages | | | | |Boys and Girls, Alice Munro (pp. 772-781) | | | | |â€Å"Araby,† James Joyce (pp. 879-883) | | | | |Everyday Use, Alice Walker (pp. 1087-1093) | Read MoreFacilitating Learning and Assessment in Practice3273 Words   |  14 Pageshave learned from them! For me, knowledge is an insatiable being and education is knowledge’s food source and, being a glutton for knowledge, education will continue to be, for me, a basic necessity. [pic] Sample Self-Reflective Essay #1 Despite my love for reading literature of all types, my background in English studies is not as varied as I would like it to be. I was a student in a beginning literature class in high school. Although I do not recall all of the works we studied, as that was twelve