“Araby” is not a love story. This story is more of a “wake up to reality” for the narrator. Throughout the story, the narrator uses many literary devices to show the setting of the place he lives in and mainly talks about this girl he seems to be fascinated by. In my opinion, he is more obsessive than fascinated. He noticed the times she leaves, so he would leave at the same time, but it wouldn’t be for an actual conversation. This friendship or “relationship” that they have with each other is more one-sided because the narrator seems to be more interested in her than she is. This can’t be a love story if only one person is interested more than the other person.
Throughout the story, the narrator talks to the girl and she brings up a “bazaar” that she wants to go to, but she isn’t able to. This led to an idea for the narrator in going to the bazaar himself to buy the girl a gift to show his “attraction” to her. Eventually, he ends up going to the bazaar, but he arrived late due to his uncle not arriving in time to give him money. When he arrived, everything was basically closed and the only shop that was open didn’t have something that was worth gifting. At the end of that night, he felt frustrated, asking himself why he went all this way for something he didn’t need to do. This made him realize he didn’t have a love for the girl and felt that he made a fool out of himself because he went all that way for nothing.
