Araby is a story by James Joyce which takes place in Dublin in the late 1800's told to us in a first-person narrative point of view. ... The boy in "Araby", like Joyce as a youth, must begin to free himself from his dreams and see reality (Stone 375-410). ... James Joyce carefully creates a plot with events and happenings throughout the story. ... James Joyce does a good job of giving one solid theme of the story through his very descriptive perceptions of life and society in middle class Dublin in the 1890's. Joyce's usage of the methods of fic...

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• Grade Level: High School

Araby James Joyce's "Araby," is about the deep infatuation of a teenage boy for his friend's sister, and how poverty and anguish taint even the purest childhood dream. ... One day Mangan's sister asks the boy whether he plans to go to Araby, a bazaar being held close by. ... Getting to Araby then became his mission. ... The paradox between dreams and reality became clear to the boy after he visited the Araby fair. The boy imagined the Araby as an exotic place filled with thrills and mystery. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

First Love "Araby" is a short story by James Joyce about a boy's first love, and it is about the world in which he lives in reality and fantasy. The boy in "Araby" resides in a city of darkness, hopeless comformity, and a horrible reality. ... First, Joyce identifies: "North Richmond street, being blind." ... The boy in Joyce's story feels disappointed, and he realizes that his dream is not compatile with reality. He passes out of childhood which Joyces cals, "the passage of dream to reality, the passage of youth no adulthood." ...

• Word Count: 414
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School