This short story “Araby” by James Joyce wasn’t really a love story because in this story it is more of a narrative talking about Araby to the audience than third person view in a way that gives the reader confusion at first. But it opens with his own information age, place, and etc… as the narrative talks us about Araby, but it also Araby himself tells us about the story. As the story goes in the narrative starts to describe to us the girl he loves, but also in a way that Araby was just looking at her and following her footsteps like a protector “We waited to see whether she would remain or go in and if she remained, we left our shadow and walked up to Mangan’s steps resignedly.” Also, he described Mangan’s sister in a very detailed way showing the audience that he loves her. To be honest I don’t get the story.
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Hello, Ben. I have an entirely different of the story in my eyes. The narrator ends up showing more obsessive and stalker traits rather than a protector. He uses his location to watch her every day and has even taken precautions in order to not get caught. This shows that he has some understanding that what he is doing is somewhat wrong, even if he himself does not have bad intentions. He also ends up seeing his own foolishness by the end of the story.
Hey ben I really enjoyed reading your claim about the story and I definitely agree with what you wrote, your writing also gave me a few ideas after about certain things I myself wrote and it also gave me ideas about some things I could have also included in my own writing I also liked the piece of evidence that you used to support your claim because it really connects to what you wrote and backs it.
Hey Ben, I really loved reading your assertion about the narrative and agree with everything you mentioned. Your writing also provided me a few thoughts about some things I wrote and other things I could have incorporated in my own writing. I also appreciated the piece of evidence you utilized to substantiate your point because it ties into and supports what you said.