Araby Symbolism Essay

In the short story of "Araby" by James Joyce bring the story of a religious Irish boy. In the story, there are several symbolism related to religion such as when the narrator mentioned “was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free” (Joyce p. 107). There are more religious symbolism we can use and mention to indicate the religious symbolism in the story but for now I will be, and want to, emphasize how different symbolism throughout the story tell us more about the nameless main character.
The identity, history and background information of a person is important in every scenario to have a better understanding of their thinking and behavior. In the short sorty, “Araby”, we can identify that the main character is Irish. Since Joyce make a key word in the following long sentence “We walked through the flaring streets, jostled by drunken men and bargaining women, amid the curses of labourers, the shrill litanies of shop-boys

In addition to the idea of the main character being religiously educated we can also say the boy was orphan or live with his uncles since Joyce stated “On Saturday morning I reminded my uncle that I wished to go to the bazaar in the evening” (Joyce p. 109). Giving the reader the impression that the uncles were the authority of the house and we can see that the main character depend economically of his uncles since he mentioned: “At nine o'clock I heard my uncle's latchkey in the hall door. I heard him talking to himself and heard the hallstand rocking when it had received the weight of his overcoat. I could interpret these signs. When he was midway through his dinner I asked him to give me the money to go to the bazaar. He had forgotten.” Joyce and the narrator never mentioned the parent in the