Dublin and its People in Araby

In his story "Araby," James Joyce portrays Dublin and its people in a negative light. "Dubliners" is a book written by the controversial Irish writer, and it was published in 1914, although the various stories in it were written between 1904 and 1907. Joyce rejected Christianity, his family, and Ireland, his country. He left Ireland in 1904 to live in Switzerland, where he began to write "Dubliners." Joyce also rejected Irish literature, and his favorite writers were Chekov, Ibsen, and Zola. His hero was Charles Parnell, an Irish politician who advocated for Home rule for the Irish, but unfortunately, he did not achieve it. All of the streets mentioned in "Araby" are real streets in Dublin. Joyce begins "Araby" by saying that North Richmond Street is "blind," implying that there's no vision on all of Dublin's streets, and there's no escape from them. The Christian Brother's School mentioned in "Araby" is a school for poor children, and James says that the children are imprisoned in the school. All of Dublin's streets are made to sound dirty and derelict. The empty house was neglected and not cared for, and there is a damp atmosphere inside the house, with rubbish all over it. Joyce only makes negative comments about Dublin and implies that the city has no culture or love of literature. When the boy makes it to "Araby," the bazaar is already over, and he enters a stall to see if he can find a suitable present for Mangan's sister. At the stall, there is a woman and two men, and they are talking in a very flirtatious manner.