The short story “Araby”, James Joyce displays the need for something more than Dublin, and how a world filled with repetition and gloom can create false hope for a breathtaking world. James Joyce illustrates such disillusionment through the eyes of a young Irish boy and his desire for exoticism in “Araby”.
The opening paragraphs of the short story portray the demeanor the narrator has toward his life through the setting. The narrator feels as though Dublin is a dark shadow of a city, causing desire for a brighter world.Throughout this story, we are shown the struggle the narrator has with his everyday life. The boy lives on the blind, reticent “North Richmond Street” (Joyce 1). North Richmond Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland that comes …show more content…
The bazaar foreshadows the boy's hope and youth. As he approached the bazaar he was enthusiastic with the hope that the bazaar would be everything he believed it to be. With this gift from the bazaar, the boy would now have the light in his life he so desperately search for. However, when he arrived “the light was out. The upper part of the hall was now completely dark” (3), the flame that lit the desire in his heart had now burnt out and despair took over as the narrator actualized reality. He found himself “Gazing up into the darkness… as a creature driven and derided by vanity” (3). The narrator's epiphany and despair portray Joyce’s opinion on Dublin undoubtedly. No matter how hard the boy tried to rid Dublin and explore, he would ultimately fail because hope blinded and desire overtook the narrator.
James Joyce portrayed the results of being blinded in “Araby by using setting, personification, and irony to illustrate the narrator's journey through love and devastation. Joyce portrayed that gloom can overtake an individual so immensely that they will do anything to see light even in the slightest, and the desire, in turn, will lead to despair and
The opening paragraphs of the short story portray the demeanor the narrator has toward his life through the setting. The narrator feels as though Dublin is a dark shadow of a city, causing desire for a brighter world.Throughout this story, we are shown the struggle the narrator has with his everyday life. The boy lives on the blind, reticent “North Richmond Street” (Joyce 1). North Richmond Street is a street in Dublin, Ireland that comes …show more content…
The bazaar foreshadows the boy's hope and youth. As he approached the bazaar he was enthusiastic with the hope that the bazaar would be everything he believed it to be. With this gift from the bazaar, the boy would now have the light in his life he so desperately search for. However, when he arrived “the light was out. The upper part of the hall was now completely dark” (3), the flame that lit the desire in his heart had now burnt out and despair took over as the narrator actualized reality. He found himself “Gazing up into the darkness… as a creature driven and derided by vanity” (3). The narrator's epiphany and despair portray Joyce’s opinion on Dublin undoubtedly. No matter how hard the boy tried to rid Dublin and explore, he would ultimately fail because hope blinded and desire overtook the narrator.
James Joyce portrayed the results of being blinded in “Araby by using setting, personification, and irony to illustrate the narrator's journey through love and devastation. Joyce portrayed that gloom can overtake an individual so immensely that they will do anything to see light even in the slightest, and the desire, in turn, will lead to despair and