Both Updike's A&P and Joyce's Araby provide a similar theme that conveys a boy's infatuation for a girl and the hardships he has to go through, in order to acquire more experience in the complicated area of love. ... One example of specific detail that is present in A &P, as well, is the "whiteness of the girl's skin" ("John Updike A&P and James Joyce's Araby.") In Araby, the male protagonist focuses on the "milky softness and "the white curve of her neck,"" ("John Updike A&P and James Joyce's Araby.") which demonstrates the boy's interest in slight feature...

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This is exemplified in many of Joyce's short stories in Dubliners. ... In "Araby," this sense of helplessness is ever present. ... " (Joyce, 22). ... " One morning, Mangan's sister asks the narrator whether or not he plans to go to Araby, a Dublin bazaar. ... When the narrator's uncle arrives, he rushes to the train but gets to Araby only as all of the shops have closed. ...

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