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Read these sentences from “Araby,” about the boy's train trip to the bazaar, in which Joyce conveys that the trip is more than a typical journey.
At Westland Row Station a crowd of people pressed to the carriage doors; but the porters moved them back, saying that it was a special train for the bazaar. I remained alone in the bare carriage. In a few minutes the train drew up beside an improvised wooden platform. I passed out on to the road and saw by the lighted dial of a clock that it was ten minutes to ten.
How do Joyce's descriptions affect the meaning of the passage?
Responses
They hint at the rags to riches blueprint of the boy's stark life.
They hint at the rags to riches blueprint of the boy's stark life.
They show the boy's joy at being on a noble quest at this time in his life.
They show the boy's joy at being on a noble quest at this time in his life.
They explain the boy's fervent belief that he alone is deserving of the Mangan's sister's affection.
They explain the boy's fervent belief that he alone is deserving of the Mangan's sister's affection.
They help represent that the boys passage from innocence to insight is one he must complete by himself.