An Analysis On "Araby"
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There are many statements in the story “Araby” that are both
surprising and puzzling. The statement that perhaps gives us the most
insight into the narrator's thoughts and feelings is found at the end of
the story. “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven
and derided b ....
Middle of paper
.... life of the priest who
occupied the narrator's house before the narrator make us wonder if the
priest led a life of vanity. His early obsession with Mangan's sister now
seems in vain. “I had never spoken to her ... and yet her name was like a
summons to my foolish blood. (4)” He feels ashamed and ridiculed by his
earlier inability to communicate with Mangan's sister. He sees how
distracted he was by his anticipation of the bazaar. He recalls that he “
had hardly any pati ....
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