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Araby

"Araby" By James Joyce

Love at a young age is just an obsession. As children, our first relationships are object relationships. The people we like aren't people; they are objects of our obsession, and our obsessions are driven by vanity and narcissism. We are obsessed with what we consider an ideal, something we create. The main character in the short story "Araby" by James Joyce is a young boy that looks at every event in his life through narcissistic eyes. He thinks he is in love with a girl, but in reality, he is obsessed by his thoughts and his ideal. In the story, the boy lives in a home that once belonged to a priest that passed away. While looking around the house, the protagonist notices a few books, "Â…the pages of which were curled and damp: The Abbot, by Walter Scott, The Devout Communicant, and The Memoirs of Vidocq. I liked the last because it's leaves were yellow." This shows the reader how the boy is driven by vanity. He isn't concerned at all about the contents of......


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