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Araby - James Joyce

 rating: 8.0/10.0


  Before reading the end of this story, I thought the theme of this story was a bit cliche. It seemed like a typical romance where a boy is in one-sided love, and a girl never notices it. However, as the story goes off, I was surprised by how his emotions changed. Going through several obstacles while heading to Araby, a Dublin bazaar, the narrator's feeling toward Mangan's sister faints. Finally, he realizes that his feelings were not genuine love, and his fantasies about the bazaar were exaggerated. 

  Also, I was curious why there aren't any actual names for the main character(narrator) and Mangan's sister. In my opinion, the anonymity of the characters abled the generalization in this story. These are the reasons why I loved this story very much, and so I gave it 8.0 (135 words)

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