Araby by James Joyce Essay -- Araby Essays

Araby by James JoyceThere counts to be a great deal of controversy surrounding the short story, Araby by James Joyce. This isnt controversy dealing with various political issues or controversy involving issues of free speech or anything related to these things. It is of a practically simple matter whether the young boy in this story is competent of having a deep emotional realization at the conclusion of the story. It is unmistakable to me via the final sentence, (Araby, 398), that he does not make a startling realization, rather, the narrator, as the boy many years later, looks back on how foolish he was. During most of the story, the boy comes off as extremely immature. So much so that it would be difficult for such a person to hold dear true love and/or have an emotional breakthrough. The first eccentric of his immaturity that struck me was when he would watch Managans sister. He would go so far as to peer between the blind and windowsill to incur a glimpse of his crush. Wh en he caught sight of her, he would bolt alfresco to follow her. This seems to be truly immature activity, which would be fitting for a boy his age. He is self-absorbed (Crane, 398). He doesnt even seem to know his crushes name. To be in love with someone you hardly know, to me, is very irrational and juvenile.For one to make even a remotely large(p) opinion on this subject, one must examine the point of batch of the narrator. The story is narrated by a mature man reflection upon his adolescence...