Araby

Araby After reading “Araby”, I felt youthful, curious and amused. The story was intriguing and well written. It had the ability to take you there and place you in the middle of the story. I was taken back to childhood and able to relate to the young boy. The story relates to many of our childhoods and us. It allows us to experience the mixed feelings we get and how we become nervous and exciting over everyday childhood experiences. While reading “Araby”, I thought back to my youth and found myself in similar situations as the boy. I can remember wandering through the neighborhood searching the abandon houses, finding articles that belonged to the previous tenants. We would linger into abandoned buildings and “explore” from basement to rooftop. We would find ourselves in trouble because of the dangers, yet we continued despite the warnings. One of us would be on the look out for parents and police. One sight of either would send us scattering for the metal yard looking for a hiding spot until the coast was clear. The boy’s adventures in the apartment buildings took him into araby, about, young, boy, story, felt, curious, out, time, remember, reading, girls, because, back, amused, wondered, through, myself, childhood, being, allowed, ability, youth, yet, uncle, think, tenants, similar, searching, same, rack, place, parents, one, older