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  • Essay / Revealing Reality - 545

    James Joyce explores ideas of youth, alienation, adulthood, transformation and disillusionment in his work “Araby”. In this story, an anonymous narrator becomes anxious because of his infatuation with Mangan's sister. “Araby” explains how this simple love sends the storyteller into the harsh, real world of adults. During A Daughter's Quest, James Joyce uses the narrator's journey to explore ideas of sight, revelation, coming of age, and change. Sight is constantly referenced in “Araby.” The first sentence of the story describes the street as being a blind street and not a dead end. Joyce focuses on the idea that this view leads to the disillusionment the boy feels toward Mangan's sister. Many comments refer to the image of the girl in the narrator's mind. Without speaking to the girl, the speaker has already established his idea of ​​what she is and what she will be for him. The narrator states, “But my body was like a harp, and its words and actions were like fingers running on wires” (Joyce). He constructs imaginative ideas about the girl rather than the physical reality of her situation. . Just like h...