In James Joyce's short story "Araby," the main character is a young boy who confuses obsession with love.
This boy thinks he is in love with a young girl, but all of his thoughts, ideas, and actions show that he is merely obsessed.
Another example, that shows the boy's obsession for the young girl, comes after the two of them have a brief conversation.
In the conversation, the young girl asks the young boy if he is "going to Araby" (Joyce 548), and then the girl states that "it would be a splendid bazaar, she would love to go" (Joyce 549), but she is already obligated to something else.
In their brief conversation, the young girl does not even hint at the notion that she is attracted to the young boy, and her actions do not portray that she is in love with him either.
The boy shows, through his actions, that he is just an immature boy with an obsession because a mature person, who is in love, does not let their love control everything they do.
Near the end of the short story, the young boy goes to Araby to buy something for the young girl.
I think this is when the young boy realizes that his whole trip to Araby was foolish because a gift from the bazaar is not going to make the young girl love him.
The young boy finally realizes that everything he has done has been driven by some foolish notion that he thinks is love, but now he knows it is just a pathetic obsession for the young girl.
The young boy's eyes are burning because he feels so foolish about everything he has done supposedly for love, when he finally realizes all of his thoughts, actions, and ideas were just an obsession.
This boy thinks he is in love with a young girl, but all of his thoughts, ideas, and actions show that he is merely obsessed.
Another example, that shows the boy's obsession for the young girl, comes after the two of them have a brief conversation.
In the conversation, the young girl asks the young boy if he is "going to Araby" (Joyce 548), and then the girl states that "it would be a splendid bazaar, she would love to go" (Joyce 549), but she is already obligated to something else.
In their brief conversation, the young girl does not even hint at the notion that she is attracted to the young boy, and her actions do not portray that she is in love with him either.
The boy shows, through his actions, that he is just an immature boy with an obsession because a mature person, who is in love, does not let their love control everything they do.
Near the end of the short story, the young boy goes to Araby to buy something for the young girl.
I think this is when the young boy realizes that his whole trip to Araby was foolish because a gift from the bazaar is not going to make the young girl love him.
The young boy finally realizes that everything he has done has been driven by some foolish notion that he thinks is love, but now he knows it is just a pathetic obsession for the young girl.
The young boy's eyes are burning because he feels so foolish about everything he has done supposedly for love, when he finally realizes all of his thoughts, actions, and ideas were just an obsession.
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