In the passage “Araby” by James Joyce ”. The main character of this book seems to be a bit of a fun child, someone who is easily influenced or distracted. I also feel like everyone has a good sense of things they want or can see themselves in the future. Which causes an early age of trying to accomplish that. However, the boy in the story seems to have a really big heart and deep affection for women/ girls. He has an ideal person set to his head that he finds attractive. Fast forward to his uncle with his grown up ideas/ thinking , causing the boy in the story to feel bad or let down because of his drinking habits etc. As the boy proved his maturity by allowing him to have the day they planned even though he wanted to attend the bazaar , he didn’t rush time or give off an impression that he didn’t want to be there. Coming to the end of the story the boy felt disappointed and let down. Because of the things his uncle portrayed in front of him. His maturity showed a lot also at the end of the story because he asked for money and time to be able to spend time with the person he finds attractive and beautiful at the bazaar.
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I like that you mentioned how the narrator is easily influenced. This is important because in a lot our own coming of age stories, it’s safe to say that we are all influenced by outside sources that contribute to our coming of age in a negative or positive way. I also think you could’ve used the drunk uncle and the young boy to further analyze coming of age from an adult’s perspective who works and a child’s perspective who is naive and in love. However, I like how you dissected the different transitions of the young boy leading to his disappointment in the end.