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The main protagonist in the short story “Araby” by James Joyce can be best described as a very young boy that still plays in the streets of his hometown, Dublin Ireland. Many words can be used to describe the boy such as imaginative, curious, and confused in a sense. This story is not necessarily a love story but rather a story about the “coming of age” as portrayed by the characters development in feeling and emotions throughout the plot. Towards the middle of the story, the little boy begins admiring Mangan’s sister. However, the moment he laid eyes on her, that admiration soon became stronger and intense. The author then proceeds to empathize on how the little boy was thin king of this girl in the most unexpected and unique places and ways. At some point a reader can identify this as being desperate and obsessed to some extent. Mangan sister soon mentions the bazaar that the little boy is very eager to go to. This is because he wants to show her how he is way more mature than she thought and to impress her. This shows readers how the whole aspect of this story is not “love” but rather playing around with your head and environment to figure out who you are. That is what readers can see glimpse of regarding the little boy. Furthermore, the little boys character depicts what eventually happens at the end of the story because soon he realizes that he has wasted his efforts of going through all of this just not get what he went there for.  Therefore, his character of being curious, unintelligent to some extent because he is young, and desperate resulted in this to happen.

The words I would use to describe the protagonist of the story is, he is a young boy who lives in a home in Dublin, Ireland, located on a dead end street, detached from the other homes. He enjoys playing with his friends in the street and he still attends school. In the beginning of the story he seems to be a innocent young teenager that has a crush on one of his friend’s sister. He becomes obsessed with her, truly believing he is in love with Mangan’s sister. He’s imaginative He begins watching her through her window. He admires and expresses into detail of her looks and his attraction towards her. His mind becomes clouded and he can no longer think of anything else but this girl. As he hears the girl is not going to the baazar, he has the idea of buying a gift for his “love.” Along his journey, as he arrives he is hit with the hard reality. He did not love the girl. In fact it was only physical attraction and nothing more. As he searches he learns he knows nothing about her.

I would describe the boy in the story as naive and vulnerable; lacking emotional intelligence. It is implied by his attempt to hide in the shadows to avoid going home, that he is of a very young age. Since he doesn’t have much control over or knowledge of his emotions, a crush on Mangan’s sister turns into more and instead turns into a sense of desperation, “I looked over at the dark house where she lived. I may have stood there for an hour, seeing nothing but the brown-clad figure cast by my imagination, touched discreetly by the lamplight at the curved neck, at the hand upon the railings and at the border below the dress” (Araby). Toward the ending of the story, the boy is angered by the lack of options he was left with at the bazaar, having arrived too late. “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” If he had not been so susceptible to an obsession with Mangan’s sister, he would not have been so determined to buy her something, and therefore, he would not have been so angered by his inability to.

Araby is a well known story about a boy who wants to impress the girl he has been obsessing over for a while now. At the beginning of the story he is described as a young boy. He begins to notice his friend’s sister and starts to act silly, following her to school and thinking about her in unlikely places.This is the first change we notice from the boy, he is starting to have feeling for this girl and the first thing he wants to do after she finally acknowledges him is impress her. Throughout this story the boy begins to change and have mixed emotions. The boy has mixed emotions within this story and begins to have feeling for this girl. The boy changes in Araby by not only gaining some maturity, but his emotions for his friends sister deepens as well, and he comes to a realization and faces reality at the end of this story.

When they arrive at the apartment building, Miss Moore asks the children what they thought of FAO Schwartz.After visiting this toy store,  the children’s view of the world is changed especially for Sylvia. Sylvia is a rebellious, opinionated young woman who wants control of her own life. She learns that the world she lives is un fair because not everyone is seen as equal. She learns that inequality exists and its happening to her. Throughout the short story Sylvia Portrayed as tough hard-shelled individual.Sugar’s journey over the course of the story seems to parallel Sylvia’s, as they both learn to recognize the wealth inequality in their society. But while Sylvia is unable to effectively understand and vocalize her feelings due to her anger, Sugar is able to learn from Miss Moore’s lesson without feelings of resentment. This difference leads to a change in Sylvia, as she has to deal with a new gap in understanding between her and Sugar.

The main character in “Araby” is a young, inexperienced boy who dreams of romance and adventure. He has a crush on Mangan’s sister and makes a promise to buy her a gift at a bazaar. His infatuation with her leads him to go to the bazaar, but when he gets there, he realizes it’s not as magical as he thought it would be. This makes him feel sad and disappointed, and he realizes that his romanticized view of the world was unrealistic. The boy’s character is important because he represents the idea of growing up and losing innocence. His dreams and desires show how young people can be naive and idealistic. His disappointment at the bazaar marks a turning point where he realizes that the world is not always what it seems. He learned that sometimes things don’t go as planned and that he needs to be more realistic. This is an important step towards growing up and becoming more mature. Overall, the boy’s character shows how growing up can be difficult and disillusioning.

I would describe the boy from the novel “Arby” by James Joynce as someone vulnerable and emotional. He got lost in his feelings and lust for his friend’s sister. He has never experienced this feeling and he doesn’t know the proper way to express it. He created a fantasy in his head he believed would work and at first, he seemed like he received some thrill or rush from it but reality hit, and he realized he started to lose himself. I believe the message the narrator was trying to convey is getting lost in your emotions is possible. Make impulse decisions will always have a consequence and lesson. It’s up to you on which one you’re willing to receive and what effect you allow that emotion to have after something happens. Life is already unpredictable.