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sweetkaran
sweetkaran
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College - Freshman

At what point do we learn that the boy is being raised by his uncle and aunt in Araby?

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Posted by sweetkaran on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 3:36 AM and tagged with araby, aunt, characters, uncle.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Joyce never really says why the boy is living with his aunt and uncle. He lets us come to that realization on our own. The boy's parents are never mentioned. We're told in the fifth paragraph that on Saturdays he has to help his aunt carry home her shopping bags, and in paragraph twelve that he wants his uncle's permission to go to the bazaar. We don't know what happened to his parents.

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    Posted by linda-allen on Thursday January 24, 2008 at 4:25 AM