Araby-Postcolonial Interpretation
ARABY-POSTCOLONIAL INTERPRETATION In the short story of Araby, James Joyce attemps to expose many ideas and themes that places the setting of Araby in a postcolonial era. The narator describes the setting of "NORTH RICHMOND STREET AS A BLIND, QUIET STREET, HAVING HOUSES WITH INPERTURBABLE FACES," This dull and dark description of the enviroment goes on throughout the story connecting this sombre setting Dublin with the mondane activities of the people. eg. (people doing their jobs, going to churches on holidays). This reflected no signs of change for this vicious circle even after the end of the colonial era. When a colonizer imposes its belief system on the colonized, they destroy the colonized current system and the colonized seems to turn into a dull inactive being; much like the lifestyle and the characters in Araby. (The uncle, aunt and the ladies at the bazaar) In the short story of Araby, James Joyce attemps to expose many ideas and themes that places the setting of Araby in a postcolonial era. The narator describes the setting of "NORTH RICHMOND STREET AS A BLIND, QUIET STREET, HAVING HOUSES WITH INPERTURBABLE FACES," This dull and dark description of the enviroment goes on throughout the story connecting this sombre setting with the mondane activities of the people. eg. (people doing their jobs, going to churches on holidays). This reflected no signs of change for this vicious circle even after the end of the colonial era. When a colonizer imposes its belief system on the colonized, they destroy the colonized current system and the colonized seems to turn into a dull inactive being; much like the lifestyle and the characters in Araby. (The uncle, aunt and the ladies at the bazaar) After decolonization of a nation, when society removes the burden of a colonizer's power, a new form of society comes to existence which is called postcolonial society. The postcolonial era begins with the American Revolution in the