In this story a young boy is going through changes in life. He talks of playing with his friends in the road till late in the night and in some parts of the story he talks of being alone so it shows he is in the process of developing from a child into a teenager. In this story the boy is young and happy, then it talks how he has fallen in love, and in the end he is angry and upset.
In the beginning this story talks of young children playing in the streets at night after dinner and running wild. This reminds me of the days when life was so easy just being a child running free and doing whatever is enjoyable. It states that “we played till our bodies glowed”(1), showing that they just happily acted young and enjoyed being outside. This story makes me think back to the days my sisters and I played in the mud and stayed until the moon was out, having no worries and free from the responsibilities that we carry now. He reminds me of my nephews who have all the energy to continue on through the day without stopping.
The story shows a transition on how the boy talks of playing and running free
And then seems to be in love and then he states," her figure defined by the light from the half opened door. Her brother always teased her before he obeyed and I stood by the railings looking at her.”(2) He talks like he can’t stop looking at her and here he makes it known that he is interested in his friends sister. After reading this story a few times, it continuously reminded me of middle school. It makes me think back to when a boy was so intimidating, always trying to impress someone and to just be noticed. This young boy is very much impressed with this girl who he considers just her name to be “summons to all my foolish blood.” (3)He wants to be noticed as he states he leaves for school the same time every morning she leaves for school he quickly passes her right before they go separate ways. He is very interested in this girl throughout this story. Even though they have never spoken he considers her his love saying “o love, o love,”(4) as he presses his palms together until they tremble. One day she finally speaks to him and asks if he is going to Araby and he can’t remember his answer because he is so confused. The girl will not be able to attend the bazaar so the boy mentions if he goes he will bring her something. Maybe here he is trying to show he like her but mentions that if he goes he will bring her a gift.
The boy becoming angry is then shown when his uncle does not come home in time for him to make it to the bazaar. He says "When she had gone i began to walk up and down the room,clenching my fists"(5) When he arrives home from school the uncle as yet to return, the boy waits and waits. At nine the uncle finally arrives and has forgotten about the boy returing from his trip a little drunk. The boys asks hisuncle during dinner for the money so he can go to the bazaar. Around 10:00pm he gets off the train and fearing the bazaar was closed looked for an entrance. As he entered most of the halls were already dark and only a few people were still gathered. As he remembered the reason for coming to the bazaar he started looking around for a gift but could not find anything. As he left it was darker and he thought to himself “I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.”(6) This saying shows he was upset maybe only because he could not find a gift but for being so foolish and realizing he should not have gone to the bazaar just for a girl.
(1) James Joyce, Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
Reading and writing about literature(Prentice Hall,2002) 38
(2) James Joyce, Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
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(3) James Joyce,Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
Reading and writing about literature (Prentice Hall,2002) 38
(4)James Joyce, Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
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(5)James Joyce,Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
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(6)James Joyce, Araby, quoted in Phillip Spioria,
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Your entries are very difficult to read. As I instructed: you must skip a line between paragraphs. Please follow directions.
What citation style is this? You must use MLA. This method doesn't work very well here, anyway, does it? Very awkward.
You begin: "In this story." Uh, what story? Please contextualize everything you write.
You must proofread; there are quite a few sloppy errors in you text which make it even more difficult to read. Is this really the best you can do?
Finally, your entry is essentially a summary of the plot. You were to provide a reader response.
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