"Araby"
At
first glance, James Joyce’s “Araby” might appear the short story of a boy’s
love and disappointment. After all, when the boy says that his body is like a
harp and Mangan’s sister’s words and gestures are like fingers running upon the
wires, we can easily see his enthusiastic love toward her while we can see his
frustration when he sees himself as a creature driven and derided by vanity.
However, on the other hand, his intense wordings implicate that the motivation of
frustration is not just derived from the emotion of love. Therefore,...
