James Joyce/"Araby"

In his short story entitled 'Araby', James Joyce does an excellent job portraying a section of life in Dublin that revolves around a young boy who develops an infatuation with his friend's sister and how he finds beauty in her among the darkness of life. There are many lines in this story that I found to be marvelous. Being a creative writing major, I tend to focus more on the author's style and wording than …showed first 75 words of 335 total…

…showed last 75 words of 335 total…soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me', and when he said, 'I could not call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play, ugly monotonous child's play.' I think this sentence sums up the tone of the story. His desire was all consuming, greatly idealized and sadly out of reach.