Araby

Araby The Maturity of a Boy Passion, adolescence, foolishness, and maturity are the first words that come to one’s mind to describe James Joyce’s short story, “Araby.” In it, he writes about a boy who falls deeply in love with his best friend’s sister, who through the story, doesn’t seem to notice him or care about him. The boy, who has yet to be named, lives in a poor and run-down town. During the story, certain characters contribute to the boy’s developing sense of maturity, and eventually, lead him into adulthood. Mangan’s sister, the boy’s uncle, the priest, and the girl at the bazaar all serve the purpose of molding the boy into a mature person. Undoubtedly the main person who unknowingly helps the boy along the path of maturity is Mangan’s sister. She is the boy’s crush. Whenever he sees her, he follows her wherever she goes. This is strange because the boy admits to hardly ever speaking to her, and he does not know her name. He even pulls up the blinds so that he can watch her. These points show the boy’s immaturity, but such can be expected from a boy araby, boy, boy’s, uncle, maturity, girl, because, about, priest, story, sister, life, bazaar, shows, mangan’s, development, being, again, yet, seems, reading, perceived, never, mature, love, learns, just, immaturity, gives, forgets, enjoys, described, characters, care, books, best, away, yellow, way, trying, town, though, thinks, things, therefore, symbol, stressed, short, sense, seem, scenes