My essay is on “Araby” by James Joyce and my thesis statement is: Although it seems like a love story “Araby” is really about a boy who creates a fantasy to help him escape from the harshness of his reality. As for the BMCC database I have looked and have seen some articles and literary critiques about the boy in the story and other resources about the story in general which should help me to prove what my thesis statement is saying.
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Hey Steven, I think that’s a great point to make as your thesis. I agree that it seemed like a love story and after reading it I struggled to link it to a boy in love. Instead it really did seem like he was focused more on creating a fantasy especially with how he described the gloomy imagery of his town.
Steven thank you very much for providing your actual thesis statement, which most in the group have not done. However, you haven’t provided any specific information about the direction you want your research to take.
Hi Steven, I really like your thesis for the essay. I am also doing “Araby” but my thesis is a little different, you’ll have to check out my post and tell me what you think about mine. I agree that the narrator sort of made up a reality to escape his poor home life and glum town. I have been reading through some of the sites on the BMCC database and apparently James Joyce wrote a collection of stories about a naturalistic depiction of the middle class Irish persons life in the early 20th century.