"Araby" by James Joyce.

The Initiation of a Young Boy by the actualisation of His Own Narcissism

As humans grow they pass through variant stages of development, often nearly stages are never reached, when a new-made stage is successfully reached the person has under gone rough sort of initiation. James Joyces short story Araby is in unanalyzable terms about initiation, it is a story is about a young boys adventure that allows him to progress from one stage to the neighboring with the realization of his narcissistic behavior.

At first the boy is innocent, unaware of himself and the reality around him. The first few paragraphs reflect this innocence. The street on which the boy lives is blind and quiet and the theater at the prohibit of the street, probably an analogy of the boy, is detached and uninhabited. The place in which the boy lives, describes why he has remained innocent until this point. The priest who employ to live in the house is already dead and indeed it symbolizes the lack of the religious guide to the boys experience. The air in the house is musky, there are old papers and yellowed books in one room, as well as an unkept garden, suggesting that the house was not looked after, and allowed to age on its own, much the same direction the boy has.



The aunt and uncle are the only family members of the boy mentioned, uncomplete one seems to take much responsibility in rise him, especially the uncle, who seems to be a drunk. The absence of a genuine parental figure in the story suggests that the boy lacks some sort of mentor to give him direction in his gaining invaluable experience.

The boy does have a fantasy, a symbol for his female side often found in his stage of...

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