The Sense Of Isolation In Araby By James Joyce

“Araby” by James Joyce is a short story that gives the sense of isolation in the North Richmond street from every detail he uses, we can sense the eerie atmosphere this neighborhood contains. James Joyce in this story gives us the sense of a quiet suburban neighborhood. “quite street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free” (line 1). We can tell that the street is unlike others and a community had not been formed. That the boys leaving school is the most active part of the day. “an uninhabited house... stood at the blind end” (line 2). It’s a house much like the other contributes just as much the community regardless of it being empty. The house symbolizes the emptiness that each house contains as most of the