In James Joyce's "Araby" the boy' loss of innocence may be confusing and even painful but at the same time it is important . It begins his journey in to adulthood. The boy in "Araby" is experiencing something all young men experience, the first crush. It is a time in his life where he is having new feelings, and trying to express those feelings to the object of his affection is next to impossible. Even the …showed first 75 words of 644 total…

…showed last 75 words of 644 total…all go through. It is the gateway to understanding and life experience. It allows us to become wiser and hopefully pass on our wisdom through our deeds and our actions so that those that come after us are less apt to make the same mistakes. Even though a first crush may not seem that important compared to other things we go through in life, it is. It is because we all have to start somewhere.