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 says
readability="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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