Holy cow: 3 sentences! This story is worth much more
because of its intensity of emotion and its final
disappointment.
However:
I
think the flashback occurs when the narrator returns to the room where the priest had
died, and the narrator retreats into himself.
There are
several examples of foreshadowing; you'll have to take your
pick.
Early in the story the narrator
says
readability="6">[Mangand's sister's] dress swung as she moved her
body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to
side.This is such a strong
hint of the narrator's infatuation that it made me sit up and take notice. I could
imagine how the story was going to proceed.Earlier in the
same paragraph the narrator saysreadability="5">If my uncle was seen turning the corner we hid in
the shadow . . .Already we
suspect the uncle is going to be the narrator's
obstacle.The narrator's infatuation grows rapidly, and
Joyce paints it vividly. I think a better topic for studying this story would be to
examine Joyce's imagery.Foreshadowing again: on Saturday
morning the narrator reminds his uncle of the fair, the the uncle
replies"Yes, boy, I
know."So we are not
surprised when the uncle returns almost too late in the evening for the fair to still be
open.I suppose that's plenty for three sentences. I'm
afraid you'll have to trim it a bit. This story deserves much more
attention.The reference gives the text of the
story.
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