Analysis Of The Nameless Boy - 3175 Words

S.S.S #1 (Araby) There is a force so powerful that it can control lives, this force is love. In the short story Araby, the nameless boy has fallen in love for an unnamed girl, who is Mangan’s sister, after moving to Dublin, Ireland. Each morning the boy will watch her through the front window in the parlour and quickly grab his books to walk behind her ,through their dull village, all the way to the point at which their paths diverge. Araby is about a young boy whom is not named who moves into a house in Dublin, Ireland. The previous tenant, an Irish priest, had died in the drawing room and left his belongings to his sister and the house had a quite musty smell as it had not been inhabited for quite some time. The family had moved in and as time went by, the boy made friends at his school, Christian Brother’s School, which was located within walking distance. The neighbors had a beautiful daughter ,whom is also not named but is the sister of Mangan, and each morning the boy would watch her leave her house from the window in the front parlour and grab his books so that he could walk behind her quietly until their paths diverged at which point he would quicken his pace and pass her. One day when the boy was walking behind her, she stopped and asked him if he was going to Araby, the eastern bazaar that came to near Dublin each year, as she could not go because she had already made a commitment to a school retreat. The boy was so stunned that he did not know what to say andShow MoreRelatedEssay Analysis of the Boy and the Bank Officer1165 Words   |  5 PagesEssay Analysis Philip Ross created a great essay in â€Å"The Boy and the Bank Officer.† He carefully chose creative and descriptive language while keeping the rhythm of the essay. He created an informative and insightful essay about a boy and a man’s experience while at the bank. 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