Araby

Araby Essay “Araby” By: James Joyce In the short story “Araby” by James Joyce the theme that people think they really are in love when they really have no clue what love is, is present. The boy says that he is in love with his friend’s sister yet he doesn’t know a thing about her except for her usual habits and routines that he witness’s everyday. He doesn’t even know what love is; he says he is in love because the feeling he is has inside for Mangan’s sister is new to him. James Joyce uses these different contrasts on love to show us that people really have no clue what love is and just say they are because it makes them feel less afraid of love. The little boy in this story says he is madly in love with Mangan’s sister yet he doesn’t have the slightest clue about who she is and what she stands for. All he knows is what time she goes to school at, and that’s only because he stares at her door from the front parlour. “ I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all araby, love, doesn’t, know, really, because, makes, he’s, just, feeling, feel, about, that’s, sister, people, mangan’s, clue, something, it’s, except, can’t, yet, though, thing, says, new, never, knows, joyce, even, defining, better, afraid, way, usual, understand, time