Araby Essay, Research Paper

In the short story ?Araby? by James Joyce, there is a little boy who lives in Dublin, Ireland. He spends his days playing games with his friends and looking around in the back drawing room of their house. This is the room where the previous landowner had died. There he finds old papers and books; his favorite is The Memoirs of Vidocq. This book had yellow, wet, and curled pages. It was something old and of interest to him, he seems to be a curious boy. As he has grown up he has matured faster then some of his friends. He already has an interest in girls, which is a sign of his maturity and a development into his pre-teen stage. The girl he is fascinated with his friend?s sister. She is very important to him and he feels as though she is an angel, perfect in every way.

?Her dress swing as she moved her body

and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.?

He differs from other boys his age because of his love for this girl. Other boys seem more immature and fight over silly things such as a hat. He differs from the rest of the world because he is oblivious to whats around him. All of his attention is focused on the girl of his dreams. At times the boy can act like a spy watching her every move and following her. Every morning, before school, he watches her door. When it opens, he dashes down the stairs and runs out the door, following her until the must part where he quickens his pace and passes her hoping to get a glimpse of her face. At other times you can relate his actions to a knight, a hero, or even a crusade. At the conclusion to the story the young boy has come to realize how vain he has been and how he is all alone in the darkness.

The boy shows the bravery of a hero on a journey

In the first scene, there is a feeling of sadness, and loneliness. An idea is passed on that there is no one else around and that this is a very morbid and dreary street. You can relate this image to how the boy feels when he is

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Araby by James Joyce