”Araby” is a powerfully emotional story. In my point of view, this reading represents the confrontation of a child with frustration who plays in the street, that is, he is very young, and he cannot get what he wants because he does not depend on himself but rather on his uncle to go to the bazaar. He wanted to go to the bazaar because the girl he liked wanted to go, he saw this as an opportunity to win his heart to buy her a gift since she wanted to go to the same place. He is probably in a hurry and perhaps time will give him an answer since he was short of money and understanding that this was the main conflict of this reading, it may also be that the boy is vain and wants to conquer the girl with details. However, this reading can perhaps indicate how we are maturing from youth to adulthood.
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What is “Araby” really about? To me “Araby” is a story about obsession. James Joyce uses impressive figurative language to make the readers feel that the narrator is blinded by love. The narrator develops a crush for his friends sister who he hardly knows. He admires her from afar and daydreams about her. Once they finally speak and she lets him know of her wishes to go to the bazaar he becomes obsessed with going so he can bring something back to her. He uses his imagination and thinks the bazaar is going to be this extravagant market where he can get something that will hopefully make Mangan’s sister like him. Once he arrives, he is extremely disappointed and let down because the market is basically closed. He already felt very isolated and sad during most of the story and this final event makes him feel even lower. I think the main point of the story is to show that obsession and delusion is no good because you could be heavily let down when your expectations are not met.
“Araby” by James Joyce is not a love story. What is “Araby” really about?. The narrator is blinded with his obsession for his so called love for Mangan’s sister. It is not reality and only delusion obsession. This so-called ” love obsession” forces the narrator to grow up and face reality and take off his rose-colored glasses. He viewed the Bazaar as an exciting and exotic place to go like a white knight on an honorable quest to fetch something for his fair maiden, his one true love but in reality, he is not in love with her it is more of an unhealthy obsession that he bases his existence on until he finally gets to the Bazaar and is forced to take his rose-colored glasses off to see how it’s just like any other market there is nothing exciting or exotic, people are just going about their everyday life just like Mangan’s sister is and in this way the narrator has a realization and grows up and sees that he’s been delusional.
The coming-of-age story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young teenage boy who has a crush on his neighbor, Mangan’s sister. The story’s setting is dark and gloomy Dublin, and when the narrator tells us about Mangan’s sister he writes about it as he is charmed and fascinated by her, she is like a light in all the darkness. I chose to use the word crush because he didn’t really know her or even talk to her but he had strong feelings maybe even an obsession with her. Finally, she spoke with him and asked if he’s going to Araby. She said she would go there if she could but unfortunately, she can’t, and then the narrator promised her that if he will go he will bring her something when he is back. Going to the bazaar wasn’t very important for him until he made this promise to her. We can see that it is really important for him to go there since he doesn’t want to disappoint her. The story ended up with his disappointment that he didn’t make it on time to the bazaar. When he finally got there most of the stalls were already closed and it was mostly dark. He was very eager to go there; reminding his aunt and uncle about it, and walking up and down the stairs impatiently while his uncle was late. This is why when things did not go as he expected he was upset and angry.
