A quest for enchantment detours into adulthood
Araby, a short story of a misdirected quest bases itself on the obsession of a first love. James Joyce, author of Araby, uses the immaturity of the young boy to write about a disenchanting epiphany to describe the movement of the stages of life. Maturation is the theme of the epiphany; demonstrated through the young boy’s transition from child to adult. In Joyce’s short story, Araby, a young boy’s undertaking of a misguided quest to find enchantment, is abruptly changed when harsh reality detours his journey into a transition into adulthood. The story begins with the need for a quest or journey to Araby, an enchantful and mysterious place. A young boy fearlessly goes on the journey to obtain the girl of his dreams a gift because she cannot go to Araby. The quest is a self-induced journey to the magical place to retrieve a gift for his love. His love is his friend’s older sister, she is described as being very beautiful. He hopes that in finding the perfect gift for his older love, she will reward him with her love and attention which he is currently missing. The quest which is …show more content…
The change and transformation with his epiphany is within his level of mental maturity, it multiplies instantly from a childish boy to a mature man. “As he walks slowly out of the hall amid the darkening of the lights, he thinks that he is a creature driven and derided by vanity and his eyes burned with anguish and anger” (Wilson 3). His youthful dream depletes into a futile nightmare. This nightmare fuels itself by his feeling of vanity, the pointlessness of the quest finally hits him. With the lack of a gift, he cannot please the girl, without the gift he would most likely disappoint her. All in all this depleting of his dream turns into maturation, the separation between childhood and adulthood hits him during his time of
Araby, a short story of a misdirected quest bases itself on the obsession of a first love. James Joyce, author of Araby, uses the immaturity of the young boy to write about a disenchanting epiphany to describe the movement of the stages of life. Maturation is the theme of the epiphany; demonstrated through the young boy’s transition from child to adult. In Joyce’s short story, Araby, a young boy’s undertaking of a misguided quest to find enchantment, is abruptly changed when harsh reality detours his journey into a transition into adulthood. The story begins with the need for a quest or journey to Araby, an enchantful and mysterious place. A young boy fearlessly goes on the journey to obtain the girl of his dreams a gift because she cannot go to Araby. The quest is a self-induced journey to the magical place to retrieve a gift for his love. His love is his friend’s older sister, she is described as being very beautiful. He hopes that in finding the perfect gift for his older love, she will reward him with her love and attention which he is currently missing. The quest which is …show more content…
The change and transformation with his epiphany is within his level of mental maturity, it multiplies instantly from a childish boy to a mature man. “As he walks slowly out of the hall amid the darkening of the lights, he thinks that he is a creature driven and derided by vanity and his eyes burned with anguish and anger” (Wilson 3). His youthful dream depletes into a futile nightmare. This nightmare fuels itself by his feeling of vanity, the pointlessness of the quest finally hits him. With the lack of a gift, he cannot please the girl, without the gift he would most likely disappoint her. All in all this depleting of his dream turns into maturation, the separation between childhood and adulthood hits him during his time of