When I first read the title of this story, I thought that it would be more about nature. I thought that “Araby” was a very interesting piece, because it discussed love, but it wasn’t all around it being a love story. His surroundings are very gloomy and melancholy. He explains and describes that he is not happy in his environment. The narrator is in a very dark environment, however, the girl gives him light in his life. The narrator is very observant of this girl and admires her a lot and is very passionate about her. He becomes overly obsessive with her that whenever he hears, sees, or thinks about her, his dark life just disappears. She is like a distraction for him or even more so, a drug. Her presence is temporary but when she is there he craves it. He thinks about her and makes her do things that are very weird and creepy, it changes his behavior and body language.
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Yeah, I can agree with the idea that she represents a light in his otherwise dark and gloomy life. I feel maybe that’s somewhat the point- to show that he didn’t really like her or love her. Maybe he likes the “Idea of liking her”. She was beautiful in his eyes sure, but it really was just infatuation because for him she was different from his “normal”. Like you said, a distraction. Plus, he doesn’t know her and never made any attempts to get to know her. He entertained his daydreams and delusions of her and maybe it’s much easier to dream about a girl and feel like you’re in a relationship than to get rejected. Overall, he just sounds like someone who needs to communicate their feelings and intentions so that they can be better understood instead of living in one’s head. Also to not expect things to go your way just because you want it or because you put in the time and effort.