Question

Which sentence from Araby contains details that describe the setting?

A. What innumerable follows laid waste my wakiing and sleeping thoughts that evening

B. The space sky above us was the color of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns

C. The former tenant of our house a priest had died in the back drawing room

D. I kept her brown figure always in my eye and when we came near the point at which our ways diverged I quickened my pace and passed her

Answer 1

i think the best answer would be letter b

Answer 2

B. The space sky above us was the color of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns

Step-by-step explanation:

The setting is the part of the story that gives information about time and place, basically. James Joyce makes a point of creating a dull atmosphere. This is the way he illustrates Dublin. The sky is always changing to violet , probably from grey , and the steet lamps shed some weak light . This description makes the setting gloomy.