An Analysis OfThe Rocking Horse Winner And Araby - 756 Words

The stories â€Å"The Rocking Horse Winner† and â€Å"Araby† were an example of coming of age. The â€Å"Araby† story existed from a narrator that used his childhood experience while he is growing up and deteriorating in love Mangans sister. The narrator grew up in a quiet neighborhood and attended a Christian Brothers school. The boy lived with his aunt and uncle. In the house they lived in, there was a priest that had passed away in one of the rooms. One of the narrator’s favorite experiences was when he would scram through things that had been left behind in the house. This story was a coming of age story not really because he went from a young boy to a growing adult, but because the maturity in the story. He grew to love. He really struggled to†¦show more content†¦The narrator has fallen in love with his friend’s sister, but he is too scared to confess his love to her. I believe that this disagreement comes in and it’s between w hat he thinks and feels and why they are disagreeing with each other and why he can’t come forward. There is also a disagreement between the narrator and his uncle when his uncle lets him down at the bazaar. In this story, there is a great amount of maturity in it also. He started off too scared to approach Mangan’s sister, but after she approached him, they really hit it off. She couldn’t go to the bazaar which resulted in a feeling of disappointment to the narrator because he really wanted her to go. Through the story, he fantasizes of her and eventually they both mature and grow together. In The Rocking Horse Winner, Paul is just a kid that wants to make his mom pleased. His biggest concern has always been to make his mom satisfied of the things he does. Paul’s family wanted money and success. These things are possible through Paul. Paul gets taken advantage of by his family and then his luck starts to kill him. This is part of contention because his o pinion led him to fame by believing he could determine the winner of the rocking horse winner. I think there had to be anger from Paul towards his family when they started to ruin the thing he was really good at doing. After Paul’s death, they were only left with money. That should come with great amount anger since they