{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"UKEssays.com","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ukessays.com","author_name":"James Astle","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/author\/james-astle","title":"The Similarities Between John Updike's \u201cA&P\u201d and James Joyce's \u201cAraby\u201d | UKEssays.com","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LNvAXSEkSL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/english-literature\/the-similarities-between-john-updikes-story-english-literature-essay.php\">The Similarities Between John Updike&#8217;s \u201cA&#038;P\u201d and James Joyce&#8217;s \u201cAraby\u201d<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/essays\/english-literature\/the-similarities-between-john-updikes-story-english-literature-essay.php\/embed#?secret=LNvAXSEkSL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Similarities Between John Updike&#8217;s \u201cA&#038;P\u201d and James Joyce&#8217;s \u201cAraby\u201d&#8221; &#8212; UKEssays.com\" data-secret=\"LNvAXSEkSL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","description":"There are easily apparent similarities between John Updikes short story, \u201cA&P\u201d and James Joyces short story, entitled \u201cAraby.\u201d Upon closer inspection, however, there are many subtle differences as well. The goal of this essay is to present some of these points of contact and separation to the reader for further consideration. - only from UKEssays.com .","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ukessays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UKessays.com-logo-1.png","thumbnail_width":1800,"thumbnail_height":942}