Daniel Tapia Discussion 5

“Araby” by James Joyce is about a young boy and his wasted efforts towards his desires in expressing his love towards Mangan’s sister. He lets his imagination run wild, creating fantasies knowing reality was just one blink of an eye away. When they have one of their first conversations, they talk about the bazaar. Mangan’s sister states that she is unable to attend the bazaar Araby due to a retreat she had that week in her convent. Here, the narrator gets a very thoughtful idea; he decides to go to the bazaar and buy her something himself. Time after time again, he lets his uncle know that he wants to attend the bazaar, doing all that he possibly can to help him remember that he desires to go. The young boy is exhilarated about his plan. As the night approached, he waited for his uncle to arrive because he forgot to give him money. At last, he arrives and finally is able to give him money to go to the bazaar. Once he approached it, he was utterly disappointed. This was because it was already late, and a lot of the shops were already closed. Defeated, he gazed in anguish and anger.