| James Joyce (1882-1941) was born in Dublin. Along | | | | sentences that they exchanged. This is the only |
| with W.B Yeats and George Bernard Shaw, he | | | | important work for the boy. And on the other hand |
| formed the trio. Joyce's novel, "A Portrait of the | | | | he wants to go the magical place called Araby. He is |
| Youngman" is a very popular novel, "Dubliners" (1905) | | | | anxiously waiting for the day when he will go to |
| his first book. It is the collection of short stories. His | | | | Araby. He is very much excited and full of thrill. He is |
| other important works are "Ulysses (1922), | | | | very much happy that he is finally on his way of his |
| "Finnegan's Lake" (1939). | | | | dream destination. |
| "Araby" by James Joyce is a great and all time's | | | | But due to some delay, he reached Araby in a very |
| favorite short story. "Araby" can be criticized from | | | | awkward moment. When he reaches the place at |
| different aspect. It is the story of a boy. James | | | | that time most of the stalls are closed and moreover |
| Joyce pregnated the theme of his story with various | | | | the large portion of the gala is ended in darkness. He |
| symbolic overtones, he creates the real world. In real | | | | cannot able to taste the glamour and the grandeur of |
| world each and every person has to face the | | | | the place his dream. He finds that all dreams are |
| frustration, displeasure, love hatred, reality. This is the | | | | breaking before his eyes and he cannot able do |
| truth and universal. "Araby is about dream, happiness, | | | | anything to retain his dreams. There is complete |
| realism, darkness and drab world. | | | | darkness in the hall. He finds out the place is only |
| The boy- hero of the story lives in the drab | | | | meant for commercial purpose. And in such place |
| surrounding of Dublin. From the very beginning of the | | | | neither his dream nor his love can stand forcefully. He |
| story we get to know that the boy has a secret | | | | left the place with anger and frustration. The place |
| adoration for a girl. She is the sister of boy-hero's | | | | has no charm for him. He finds out that place is very |
| friend Mangan. The boy nourishes a very deep and | | | | much inferior. He cannot able to match the place of |
| pure passion for his dream girl. He waits earnestly | | | | his dream with the real place where he is standing. |
| every day to have a glimpse of the girl. But the boy | | | | The place is basically place for bargaining and |
| never gets the chance to speak with his lady-love. | | | | purchasing of different commodities. In such a place |
| He always carries the image of the girl. He cannot | | | | all his dream shatters down. Before coming in the |
| forget her name for a moment. he describes his | | | | place he is in the dream world. In that world he finds |
| condition in the following words: "I imagined that I | | | | the girl and Araby. But from now onwards he can |
| bore the chalice safely through a throng of foes" | | | | see the hard core reality which is very harsh. He |
| The boy-hero pined for the beauty and love of the | | | | feels frustration and this frustration is universal. It lies |
| girl. Very co-incidentally the girl speaks with the boy. | | | | deep in the heart of the man. Every one wishes free |
| It is great moment for the boy. The girl speaks | | | | him out of the drab reality but he fails. Failure, |
| about "Araby", a great fest, it is the dreamland which | | | | frustration, mechanical manner, anger, anguish are all |
| is full of glamour and grandeur . For the boy it is a | | | | the universal diseases of every man. |
| double treat. First his dream girl speaks with her and | | | | Joyce very nicely and easily through this boy held the |
| secondly he is thrilled by the place "Araby". It is | | | | idea of today's living standard. He uses various |
| another romantic affair for the boy-hero. | | | | images and symbols for showing the universal |
| He wants to visit this dreamland along with his girl. | | | | experiences of this universe. Here lies Joyce's |
| But she cannot able to accompany him as she has | | | | simplicity towards life and his approach to life. |
| retreat in her convent. The boy promises that he will | | | | Through the love ratio between the boy and the girl |
| bring some gifts for her from that splendid place | | | | he focuses on the point what we wants sometimes |
| called --- Araby. The boy-hero now wishes to | | | | we do not get that desired and most wanted object |
| memorize those few moments and very little sweat | | | | in our life. Then only we suffer from frustration. |