Analysis Of Araby

Anh L Nguyen

Analysis Essay

Professor Pam O' Klock

English 1 B

Final Draft

March 3rd 2012

"Analysis of Araby"

A short complicated story of Araby by James Joyce that I believe is a reproach of a young boy life growing up in the city of Dublin. The author uses the voice of the young boy as a narrator in order to be more developed than the actual character in the story. The major theme in this story is absconders and delusion, loneliness, despair, and darkness. Also, there is a little bit of entertainment because I believe it is attention of Joyce's past life of struggle between reality and epitome.

After reading this story, I believe that Joyce engages many subjects. The two most visible to me are paradise and evade though I see a few signs of religions and love from a boy. Araby undertakes the boy to break free his darkness at the North Richmond Street, and makes an attempt to break away: "the space of sky above us was the colur of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns" (Joyce 17). Using metaphor, he sees the sky as offering heavens. An alternate theme of the shade flow itself through the story; the boy hides in dimness from his uncle to catch a glance of his first love, Mangan's sister.

Araby is all about retreating from the world of delusions. The narrator is besotted with his friend's sister. He hides in the darkness, emerge isolate from a distance to spy on "her figure defined by the light" (Joyce 31). She is the radiant in his fantasy world, someone who will take him out of his delusions. I see many correlations of my life as a young boy growing up in the poor side of San Jose. We all looked for an exit to escape our life through thick and thin of this deep dark sinister side of Tully and Senter road.

Many people are in love with their life and so they live it to the fullest. Yet this boy is eager to find a way out. He is different from kids at his age, which makes it hard for him to have friends or girlfriends. He is lost in his own world, but it seems like he doesn't notice it because of the loneliness in his heart. His life began to change slowly once he started hearing her voice and seeing her on the streets. "Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand (Joyce 51). In other words, he is in love, and she always stands at the edge of his world.

After she spoke to him finally, he wondered whether he could even answer her question. He was happier and able to confide in her. With confidence, he was able to get out of his shell, and enjoy his life beyond fantasizing his world with her. "What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that evening!" (Joyce 81). He was able to grow and becomes less anti-social. They began to talk to each other. Finally, he got himself together and told her "If I go, I said, I will bring you something" (Joyce 80). He began to unravel his desire for her. He was eager to leave his work just to see her again. This is one of the main factors in the story because he was always fascinated with her. He thought that he could never approach her in any kind of ways but his dreams. Though it wasn't a perfect way to understand love, he understood an emotion that allowed him to accept life. Toward the end of the story, he