“Araby” isn’t a love story but it’s about frustration and disappointment. The young boy had a huge crush on Mangan’s sister and wanted to win her heart by buying something. She brought up the bazaar and he liked the idea just because she mentioned it. As he arrived late, he was immediately disappointed with what he saw with most of the stalls being packed up and ended up buying nothing. This boy is losing himself because of his immaturity, he believes he’s inferior and is blinded by lust which the girl takes advantage of. She sees how obsessive he is with her and she sees the opportunity to obtain gifts from him without any commitment. At the end of the story, the boy feels disappointed with his behavior, firstly realizing Araby is a trade show and not a magical place. Secondly, he’s annoyed with himself for how obsessive he became with his crush and knows that he was just blinded by her, realizing she doesn’t care for him.
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Hi Christian. I agree with you 100%. I think he thought that by going to Araby because she wanted to go and getting her a gift would be able to show her that he would do anything for her in a sense. I actually missed that she saw how obsessed he was. I think that is great point and you were able to catch that. It seemed like he realized this because he said that he was angered letting himself ridiculed by vanity.
Hi, Christian!
That is so interesting to read your point of view when you mentioned the girl taking advantage since, she showed immense excitement about the Bazaar, when he asked why she can’t go it almost seemed as if her goal was to make him feel sorry for her not being able to attend! WOW. In a way that was taken advantage maybe knowing he liked her and resulting in him wanting to get her something. I took that scene as an opportunity to feel validated by her, to please her. I also agree that he felt inferior to everyone, he deemed to be a people pleaser which shows low self-worth.
Hello Christian,
Thank you for sharing your post with us. It was interesting and well organized. I do agree with you when you say that the main idea of the story includes the frustration and disappointment. The main scene of the story is the Araby” market. Whatever he thought about Araby bazaar proved wrong. The author found out that nothing in the Araby market matches the description he made in his mind. He observes people speaking English. He noticed things there are not so special. He realizes his illusion of love. At that time, all his delusions turn into disappointments. At that time, he seems to realize all his mistakes.