Having to read about how a young childish boy falls in love with his best friends older sister really makes you think about how you were once this boys age, and once had that young love. Reading about Gabriel and his non returning love from his wife makes you hope that you never have to go through something like that yourself. James Joyce does a phenomenal job at explaining how the realization of both the boy and the older man don’t get the love they feel they deserve/ want. The ages of both protagonists might be different, but the overall feeling of losing someone or something is the same.
The amount of time that the little boy did in waiting for the nerve to talk to the girl, the waiting of school to be over so he could see her, waiting for his drunk uncle to come home so he could go to Araby to get her a gift , it was lost and the sense of regret one feels when reading the passage is sad in a way. The disappointment readers get with his decisions is shown with a …show more content…
In The Dead Gabriel is married to Gretta, and has put in years of his life and love into his marriage and can not replace them. The little boy is young and can grow as a person and realize the true meaning of love which will lead him to find his person and do the adventure he was so willing to do when he was young. Gabriel can’t turn back the clock to the time where Gretta met him, or back to the time where she met Michael. He can divorce her but imagine the pain and heartbreak that he will go through. Not just that, but the talk that will come from his family and friends. They already judge him so about his choice of work and life. “ Well, I’m ashamed of you , said Miss Ivors frankly. To say you’d write for a rag like that. I didn’t think you were a west Briton.”(pg 188, Joyce). He is shamed upon because of the willing to find work in order to get money for him and his
The amount of time that the little boy did in waiting for the nerve to talk to the girl, the waiting of school to be over so he could see her, waiting for his drunk uncle to come home so he could go to Araby to get her a gift , it was lost and the sense of regret one feels when reading the passage is sad in a way. The disappointment readers get with his decisions is shown with a …show more content…
In The Dead Gabriel is married to Gretta, and has put in years of his life and love into his marriage and can not replace them. The little boy is young and can grow as a person and realize the true meaning of love which will lead him to find his person and do the adventure he was so willing to do when he was young. Gabriel can’t turn back the clock to the time where Gretta met him, or back to the time where she met Michael. He can divorce her but imagine the pain and heartbreak that he will go through. Not just that, but the talk that will come from his family and friends. They already judge him so about his choice of work and life. “ Well, I’m ashamed of you , said Miss Ivors frankly. To say you’d write for a rag like that. I didn’t think you were a west Briton.”(pg 188, Joyce). He is shamed upon because of the willing to find work in order to get money for him and his