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ZunayetAhammed* 1Asian University of Bangladesh, Bangladesh 2Northern University Bangladesh, Bangladesh\u003Cbr>Corresponding Author: A.K. ZunayetAhammed, E-mail: [zunayet1972@gmail.com](zunayet1972@gmail.com) |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT\u003Cbr>This article attempts to show an adolescent boy’s continuing process of self-realisation through his disillusionment with the bleak reality of Dublin in the early twentieth century in the short story “Araby” by James Joyce. Brought up in the drab and deadening surroundings with his uncle and aunt in conservative Catholic cultures, the lonely sensitive boy finds no outlets to express his feelings. Torn between harsh reality and imagination, the boy searches light and a relish of romance. Amidst the darkness, a girl, Mangan’s sister, is the only light in his romantic vision. The boy, however, wishes to win her over by bringing her a gift from Araby, an oriental bazaar, which is also an epitome of ideal beauty, love and romance to him. But as he grows up, he discovers that the bazaar is beset by difficulties of the adult world where he finds no way to dream. There he is exposed to a new odious situation which he never thought before. And he undergoes a shattering epiphany which results in realisation and maturation. Indeed, here Joyce keenly evinces how a young boy gains sharp insights into life and reality. |\n| Article history\u003Cbr>Received: July 08, 2017\u003Cbr>Accepted: October 04, 2017\u003Cbr>Published: October 31, 2017\u003Cbr>Volume: 8 Issue: 5\u003Cbr>Advance access: October 2017 |  |\n| Conflicts of interest: None\u003Cbr>Funding: None |  |\n| Key words:\u003Cbr>Araby, Bleakness, Boy, Disillusionment, Epiphany, Love, Mangan’s Sister |  |\n\nINTRODUCTION  \nIn “Araby”, James Joyce (2 February 1882-13 January 1941) explores the awakening of a sensitive adolescent boy, the protagonist of the story, who is living in Dublin, a bleak city of dreary weather, dreary people and dreary houses with gloomy prospects. We observe loveless daily lives of the people here. Desire and sensuality are also treated as immoral in Dublin. Throughout the narrative, the adult world, as the boy indignantly experiences, incessantly discourages individual sensibility and freedom while forcing the young ones to accept an institutionalised code of conduct. So, the boy’s thoughts and feelings always oscillate between reality and romantic fantasy. Fed up with the empty ceremonies, erosion of values, mechanical compliance with rules and corruption of modern life, the boy craves for ideal beauty, romance and love. And in his eye, it is Mangan’s sister, unnamed like the protagonist, who is an embodiment of all that he desires. To bring the girl a gift, the boy, however, hopefully goes to Araby but painfully discovers that Araby is not the place he has long dreamt of. His pursuit of idealism and love is thwarted. He gets disillusioned and experiences a major epiphany while epiphany denotes a moment or situation of  \nsudden insight or revelation experienced by a character. He recognises himself in that society which has lost the capacity to dream. In fact, as the story advances, Joyce reveals how the boy becomes increasingly irritated and distraught by external factors which bring about his final epiphany at the end of the story. Hence, the boy’s quest, it can be said, apparently ends in failure but results in an inner awareness to stark reality. It may also be added that Ireland itself is like the adolescent struggling against its oppressive forces to find its way.  \nEFFECT OF NORTH RICHMOND STREET ON THE BOY  \nAs the story opens, we notice the boy delineate the prevailing dark and sombre atmosphere of his neighbourhood:  \nNorth Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. 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