Araby

2 Pages 576 Words

“What is going on around me; is my mind focused on reality or is it in an illusionary state?” When dealing with real situations, awareness is an important concept of life. Many times circumstances in life may have huge impacts on individuals and their lives. It could cause minds to escape reality and enter a different realm, which consists of illusions. In “Araby”, the main character displays the act of taking part in an illusion of conversing with a young lady whom he adores. He wishes to go to Araby, a bazaar in order to spend the day with her. However, as a result of his strong anticipation he fails to realize that in reality she never spoke to him. It is apparent that one should maintain a focus on reality rather than hoping for the best by getting lost in a world of illusions.
Most of the time each morning, the character in “Araby” stares at the young lady across the street. He takes most of his time looking at her physical body and keeps her figure as an image in his head where ever he goes. Usually, when a person has a strong desire to meet someone, he will perhaps go out of his way and put effort. However, contrast to this idea, the character in “Araby”, does not take enough action to make that possible, instead he just wastes an enormous amount of time gazing. The character is stuck in his own little world of dreams because he has set up his mentality to focus on illusions rather than actual effort in reality.
Speaking is another component needed not only to commence but also to perpetuate conversations in a relationship. Communication is the cornerstone of any relationship therefore; if a two people do not converse there is no such thing as a relationship. The character in “Araby” does not talk to the young lady whom he adores, rather, he just imagines what it would be like if he actually did speak to her and what she would say to him. Once again, it is apparent that the character is unaware of reality a...