James Joyce's, Araby (a paper on setting) According to many critics, James Joyce believed greatly that the Dublin of the 1900’s was a center for spiritual ritualistic occurrences. He has written a great collection of short stories, including “Araby” that show just this. The boy in the story "Araby" is center to the city's dark, hopeless conformity. “Araby” can be analyzed on three different levels: a journey of a boy to man, the illusions of …showed first 75 words of 1578 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1578 total…young boy's dreams could never be. Now aware of this, the boy has taken his first steps into his adulthood. While he may not be thrilled with the results, he certainly has proven that he is capable of taking on the “ups and downs” that will occur during his new journey through adulthood. The boy in “Araby” would be the first to say that dreams cannot be reality and reality cannot be overthrown by dreams.