Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
James Joyce's "Araby" - College Term Paper

James Joyce's "Araby"

In James Joyce's short story "Araby," several different micro-cosms are
evident. The story demonstrates adolescence, maturity, and public life in Dublin
at that time. As the reader, you learn how this city has grown to destroy this
young boy's life and hopes, and create the person that he is as a narrator.
In "Araby," the "mature narrator and not the naive boy is the story's
protagonist."(Coulthard) Throughout the story this is easily shown, especially
when it refers to "the hour when the Christian Brothers' school set the boys
free."(Joyce 2112) Although they were freed, they were placed into an "equally
grim world, where not even play brought pleasure."(Coulthard) Joyce ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

to as the "center of
paralyses,"(Internet) and "indeed sterile."(Joyce) This plays a huge role in the
forming of this boy's life, where there is no fun. "Araby" is a story "of a
soul-shriveling Irish asceticism, which renders hopes and dreams not only
foolish, but sinful."(Coulthard) In the story, the only thing that the young boy
has to look forward to is buying something for the girl he loves, and in the end
he can't even do that; and by making the final characters English, the story
leaves an impact on the reader about the Dublin society. It shows the antagonist
of the story to be "a repressive Dublin culture."(Coulthard)
Through this allegorical piece, the reader can understand the harsh life
that people are forced to deal with in Dublin society. "The narrator has become
embittered rather than wiser, which was his destiny from the first for desiring
joy in an environment that forbade it."(Coulthard) "Araby" seems to be
reflection on Joyce's own life in a repressive Dublin ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

James Joyce's "Araby". (2005, September 23). Retrieved January 11, 2026, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/James-Joyces-Araby/33783

"James Joyce's "Araby"." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 23 Sep. 2005. Web. 11 Jan. 2026. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/James-Joyces-Araby/33783>

"James Joyce's "Araby"." Essayworld.com. September 23, 2005. Accessed January 11, 2026. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/James-Joyces-Araby/33783.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 9/23/2005 03:36:06 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 466
Pages: 2

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier