Araby is a story about a boy in Ireland who is infatuated with a girl living across the street. When the young girl talks about how badly she wants to attend a particular festival, he sees an opportunity to win her heart by attending the festival himself and bringing her back a gift. However, the boy’s plans are dashed when he arrives at the festival too late and finds that it is already over. The boy is left feeling disillusioned and empty-handed. He has gone through all the effort of traveling to the festival only to be let down, and he feels like he has missed his chance. The theme of the story “Araby” is that a person’s subjective feelings and the objective world are two opposing things. There is no agreement between them. First, we do not understand this disagreement, but later we come to understand that, and we are disillusioned. Even though he had the chance to win her heart, he was never given an opportunity to explain himself. The story ends with the girl walking away from him, never to be seen again. This story shows the importance of communication and how it can change the course of a relationship. The boy in the story never had the chance to tell the girl how he felt about her. If he had been able to communicate his feelings, the outcome of the story might have been different. The boy’s inability to communicate his feelings leads to his disillusionment. This story highlights the importance of being able to communicate effectively.
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Mohammad, Thanks for the comments. Much of what you write is true in terms of the boy’s efforts to gain the attention of the girl in the story. However, I hope you will review some of the questions I pose in my post to this discussion. Why does the boy become so obsessed with the girl? What does she represent to him? Why does he need this focus in his life? What is his life like? Also, the ending is very important to an understanding of the story. The girl does not walk away at the end of the story, does she? Isn’t the boy by himself at the bazaar? What exactly happens at the bazaar when the lights begin to go out?