Araby

James Joyce, the author of Araby was an novelist,short story, poet, who was a very prominent writer in the modernist time of the early 20th century. Araby is a short story by James Joyce that was published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. In the story of Araby at the beginning the reader is engrossed with the dull lives of the people on North Richmond Street. Which seems to be illumined only by the spirit and imagination of the children on the street. Despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, the children still persist on playing. in the book it say’s they played,“until bodies glowed." The boy in Araby is obsessed by Mangan’s sister and is apparently coming to an age where awareness of girls, is still mystifying.

It is was set in the first three paragraphs that of this story is in the winter and basically the people on north richmond street live dull lives for example,“When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre.” This is Quote explains that the house were sombre or dull usually when people live dull lives they look for something to brighten it up. Also for example, “The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns.” The sky was an ever changing violet as the boy say’s which can represent that he was passionate for Mangan’s sister. “ The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses, where we ran the gantlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odours arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables...“ Since the boy is living in a place of dreariness he feels the need to look for something that can bring light to his situation;so he sees that in Mangan’s

The boy set mangan’s sister up in his mind that she is everything perfect, she is conferred as he gazes through his window at her when she calls her brother in for tea: “She was waiting for us, her figure defined by the light from the half-opened door. Her brother always teased her before he obeyed and I stood by the railings looking at her. Her dress swung as she moved her body and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side to side.” The way Mangan's sister is presented with light steers us that there is something heavenly about her, which adds to the sense that Mangan's sister is nothing except a romantic imagination. Also another example of his imaging is, “I had never spoken to her except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.” Without ever swapping a word with her he is completely invested in her. Mangan's sister is never given a name, and which he is able to fuel his so called attraction towards