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Read these excerpts. excerpt from “Araby” by James Joyce The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes, under one of which I found the late tenant’s rusty bicycle-pump.

excerpt from “Genesis 2.9” from the Bible The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. Which phrase best explains how Joyce uses the passage from Genesis in “Araby”?

a. to symbolize the main character’s growth

b. to create a sense of mystery and tension

c. to explain more about the setting of the story

d. to emphasize the theme of man against nature

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Answer:

The phrase that best explains how Joyce uses the passage from Genesis in “Araby” is to symbolize the main character’s growth

Explanation:

“Araby” by James Joyce is a story of a young boy, this story has a lot of religious references, in this specific excerpt the apple-tree and a few straggling bushes represent the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil this tress had the answer for everything and represented the growth of the soul. Then in the book, it represents the growth of a character.

PotatoPrince

I was really surpirsed when I saw this question on my own test, because I didn't think schools were allowed to quote, read, or teach from the Bible *unless it was a religious school* but I'm glad to see that my school system, k12, does.

Your answer is A.) To symbolize the main character's growth.

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