What’s it all Worth?
(Three messages from the story Araby by James Joyce)
James Joyce, a rather famous story writer, has a story called Araby. The story 's main character is a catholic school boy lives in a dingy neighborhood. He then sees this girl who is the sister of his friend and he thinks that he is in love with her. One day she asks the boy if he is going to the Araby. The responds that he is not totally sure, but if he goes he will surely bring her something. The boy goes to the Araby and by the time he arrives there are no stalls open. One stall that was still open had and attractive young girl in which embarrassed the boy. The boy ends up leaving buying nothing and is fighting back tears from anguish and anger. The story reminds me of an episode of Power Rangers in which a character wants to buy a girl a gift to impress her and he ends up not being able to get her anything because the jewelry was too expensive. There are three messages from Araby in which captured my attention and appealed to me, immaturity,isolation, and realization of adult life.
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One way being that the girl in which he pursues on a day to day basis is not nearly as aware of the mere existence of the boy. Not only does the girl not pay attention to the lad, but there is a form of isolation from his family as well. One being that the uncle does not care enough about the child to remember to do him a favor, the boy is on his own. For example, the uncle says, “ I am sorry I had forgotten.” This leads to the story of a boy names Grubbs in a series called The Demonata by Darren Shan, in which the main character is also very isolated and does not associate with many people. Then as the boy arrives to the Araby, again he is alone and gets picked on by a girl who is working one of the very few stalls still open. Surely, the boy is a inarguable depiction of
(Three messages from the story Araby by James Joyce)
James Joyce, a rather famous story writer, has a story called Araby. The story 's main character is a catholic school boy lives in a dingy neighborhood. He then sees this girl who is the sister of his friend and he thinks that he is in love with her. One day she asks the boy if he is going to the Araby. The responds that he is not totally sure, but if he goes he will surely bring her something. The boy goes to the Araby and by the time he arrives there are no stalls open. One stall that was still open had and attractive young girl in which embarrassed the boy. The boy ends up leaving buying nothing and is fighting back tears from anguish and anger. The story reminds me of an episode of Power Rangers in which a character wants to buy a girl a gift to impress her and he ends up not being able to get her anything because the jewelry was too expensive. There are three messages from Araby in which captured my attention and appealed to me, immaturity,isolation, and realization of adult life.
First …show more content…
One way being that the girl in which he pursues on a day to day basis is not nearly as aware of the mere existence of the boy. Not only does the girl not pay attention to the lad, but there is a form of isolation from his family as well. One being that the uncle does not care enough about the child to remember to do him a favor, the boy is on his own. For example, the uncle says, “ I am sorry I had forgotten.” This leads to the story of a boy names Grubbs in a series called The Demonata by Darren Shan, in which the main character is also very isolated and does not associate with many people. Then as the boy arrives to the Araby, again he is alone and gets picked on by a girl who is working one of the very few stalls still open. Surely, the boy is a inarguable depiction of