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  • Essay / Araby, by James Joyce - 792

    In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce, a young teenager falls in love with his friend's sister. An extravagant bazaar comes to town and the teenager begins to look at the bazaar through a telescope reflecting the idea of ​​romance. Joyce manages to tell a story filled with innocence and self-discovery through intricate details, imagery, tone and setting depicting the emotional events within youth from start to finish. “Araby” is the story of a young love that does not blossom as the heart would like, but rather naive and impossible. It is an overwhelming experience that wakes the speaker from his haze. The story actually is much more than that; it is the story of a bittersweet memory painted vividly through a specific decorum chosen to illuminate the experience of first love, step by step. By writing the story in the first person point of view, James Joyce lets the reader experience the speakers' innermost thoughts through a limited omniscient point of view. This is essential to the story and the readers' understanding of the story, as the tone and mood of the speaker becomes clearer and becomes more understandable. While the young boy experiences his first big crush, his complete forgetfulness of what will come true later appears endearing and innocent to readers. Although the speaker is very innocent and cannot see beyond his dreams and into the reality of the situation, since his feelings are quite common and insignificant, what he feels is real. The boy tends to magnify every little detail in an intricate way and although he may have unrealistic wishes and desires, he always gets great satisfaction from them. Joyce writes about the seemingly unimportant details of the story that lie in the middle of the paper...but the quest can't really be accomplished. This leads to disappointment for the speaker. All his hopes are dashed when he realizes that his teenage youth has no power. The bazaar and the girl are simply inaccessible. He is simply a young boy who has nothing to offer him. James Joyce describes his emotional state here as "vain" and "anguish-stricken." At the end of the story, he feels disappointed, unsure why he is faced with this reality, until he realizes that he has not been realistic about his feelings for the sister from her friend, the reality is that she is just another young girl, a bit like the girl who served him at the bazaar stand. As he realizes that his crush is not a sacred symbol but rather a common one, he wonders why his crush would want to be with him, or for that matter, have anything to do with him? The speaker is brought to his moment, his epiphany.