In “Araby” by James Jayce there is a young boy that is about 12 years old and lives in Dublin, Ireland. This boy can be described as impatient. innocent, sensitive and attentive boy. The story starts off with showing how attentive he is, we see how he pays very close attention to every little detail in his surroundings. He analyzed the people who lived there before and his personal belongings. Beside him being attentive, he is also impatient. The boy has a crush on his friend’s older sister, Mangan’s sister, he made an impulsive decision just because he let his feelings get the best of him. He wanted Mangan’s sister to like him back so he promised to get her a gift from bazaar. Even though his aunt said that he may put his bazaar off for that night, he still took the money and left. In this scene we see him being impatient.