Araby
“Araby” James Joyce is best know for his writing of one of the most important literary works of the twentieth century, Ulysses. ... In Joyce’s short story Araby, he writes of a young boy’s first experience with emotional and physical attraction to a girl. ... She asked if he was going to the Araby, and he was so astonished that she spoke to him, he was unsure if he answered yes or no. ... He watches her from a far and when she finally speaks to him, he feels he must follow her suggestion of going to the Araby.