Students might identify with the narrator of "Araby" having his first crush on Mangan's sister or with the narrator and Mahony wanting to have an adventurous day free from school in "An Encounter" ”. In the second section, these students, who recently graduated from high school and are experiencing changes and adapting to collage life, will be able to connect strongly with the fear of leaving home faced by Eveline in "Eveline" as they embrace the The excitement of pursuing dreams for the future possessed by Jimmy in "After the Race." For college students the future is very important and the glimpses of Joyce's life in the third section will warn these students that decisions made early in life carry consequences. Students searching for their place in the world will ceaselessly question the spoken and unspoken rules that govern our existence. College students will also be able to learn from the characters in section four who face the consequences of being constrained by conventions and norms they are barely aware of.