Araby By James Joyce

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James Joyce’s “Araby” is a short story of a boy in Dublin who has a crush on his friend’s sister named Mangan, and because of her, he journeys to a bazaar called Araby. At the bazaar he realizes his immature actions he had towards Mangan. This is the base of the story, but the concepts Joyce contributes with this story are how the boy responds to his feelings for Mangan, and at the end how he comes to a realization of his tragedy. Joyce mostly in his story introduces the boy’s views on the area he lives, correspondingly how he feels about the life he has lived and how he feels bored with everything he does and where he lives. On the other hand, Joyce shows us what motivates the boy which is mainly Mangan, who he is crazy for. The love towards

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