“Ararby” is certainly not a love story in my opinion. The narrator saw Mangan’s sister as this beautiful girl by the way he described her. But he seemed like he was obsessed with her. He would watch her every morning so he can leave at the same time she did. He mentioned that he’s never spoken to her before just a few casual words. I feel like you can’t be in love with someone who you have never gotten to know. She had this control over him. When she mentioned that she wanted to go to Araby but couldn’t he jumped on it and told her that he would get her something from there. It was a long way, but he eventually got there. At some point he saw a girl talking to two other guys at the shop while he was looking for something for his crush. At the end, he didn’t get anything. It seemed like something switched in his head and felt like he let his unhealthy obsession go out of his way to get something for the girl that he doesn’t know. He was angry in the end.
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Great observation Angelica!
I Have to say, I agree. He had an unhealthy infatuation with the Girl. His behavior was obsessive. From waiting and watching for her to leave, constantly thinking about the girl, crying inexplicably when he thought of her, all while never actually knowing her. Then creating this fantasy where he finds the perfect gift and she falls in love with him. In the end I feel he found himself realizing what that obsession was turning him into and felt ashamed.