"Araby" and stage 4 of the hero's journey
In the stage four of the hero's journey, the hero of the story meets a mentor who provides the hero with wise advises and various forms of guidance. In this particular story of Araby, it is hard to specify a certain character as a mentor. The lesson is learned at the end of the story, and the hero stumbles into it without any guidance or help from other characters.
Still, the absence of a mentor is not a negative element. Instead, it maximizes the whole point of the story. The lamentable parts of life can be learnt only by experience. No mentor could teach it to us before we face it ourselves.
Great points. This story is very much "child vs. adult world" where, as readers, we can all identify with feelings of dissapointment as we get older where we realize that adults aren't perfect, and that the world they inhabit is full of dark things we didn't anticipate - be it the flirtations in the shop by the British men or the need for men to drink beer before returning home later than promised. Growing up is hard and if this is what we will become - it would be better to "paralyze" ourselves in permanent youth. But that doesn't happen. Update this with your rating etc. Good work.
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