Young Love Essay

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Young Love In James Joyce story, “Araby” gives you a look through the eyes of a young boy who has a mission of going to the bazaar and getting something for his female crush. In this story it may bring certain questions in one’s mind. Trying to figure out the whole meaning behind the “Araby”, the crush the young boy has with Mangan’s sister and the feeling of disappointment at the end of the story. Taking a closer look, in the story “Araby” it gives you a look into young boy’s thoughts of his feeling of a particular young lady. He goes as far as going to the bazaar to hopefully find her something to bring back to her. In hopes of starting something more than just him having a crush on her. He does have a little disappointment when he realizes that he might be able to go. As well as him not finding nothing to bring back to his crush. One probably wants to know why he has to go to the “Araby” just to find a gift. The name of the story itself “Araby," is the most crucial object of misdirected concentration and sought signification. The young boy states, "The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me" (32). Joyce emphasizes the formal properties-"the syllables of the word"-thus giving "Araby" a kind of physical, phonetic importance beyond its external meaning. The narrator goes on to describe "Araby" as "the magical name" (34). Throughout the piece, the title-word "Araby" displays itself as a guiding metaphor, as a reference with anticipated referent, as a signifier with anticipated signified. The family life of this young boy was he was taking care of by his aunt and uncle. They made sure he went to school and they would do what they can to keep him safe. Especially when he brought it to his aunt’s attention about going to the bazaar. In the Araby it states, “My aunt was

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