James Joyce’s “Araby” is a timeless and simple tale of one young boy’s youthful passion. Set in the middle of a country’s economic despair, Joyce appears at times to use love as a device to brighten the otherwise bleak world around his characters. The bleak surroundings are the narrator’s reality but, in fact, Joyce uses intense imagery and symbolism in an effort to camouflage the scenes, perhaps in an effort to display the story’s dominant impression. Though the setting was in turmoil, youths like the narrator were still fighting to find something worth being Continue reading...