Araby

Araby was a very interesting story to me. It highlights many points that we don’t necessarily have the time to reflect on. Araby basically sums up modern day life. As children we are constantly seeing the wonder and beauty in everything. A small story can inspire romance and an impregnation of emotion which becomes harder and harder to find as we grow older. Many would argue that our imagination is lost as we age. However, I believe that it is the mundane details of everyday life that distract us from these emotions and imaginings which are still possible. The story Araby captures and condenses the average life perfectly. We have all of these plans for the future, we see ourselves as astronauts, firefighters or adventurers as children and as time passes reality sets in. we have to work and go to school, get jobs, our daydreams are trumped by obligations and eventually we forget how. This is somewhat of a negative outlook, but I don’t think most people start out their lives intending to work desk jobs or simply get married and settle down. That is not to say there isn’t beauty in every life or in every choice we make, however our dreams rarely come true, just as the case in Araby with the narrator, Mangan’s sister and the Bazaar. Life and forces out of his control get in the way.