The short story “Araby” by James Joyce, is about the love that a young boy has about a girl. This short story is told by questions to lead on how the boys obsession is about the girl. In the story, the narrator asks a question “What is the significance of the extinguished light at the end of the story that leaves him burning with anguish?”. This question leads to the idea that the boy is very eager and obsessed to find out what will happen between him and the girl. The reason i believe this is because in story on page 4, it says “Notice how the only light seems to be associated with appearances of the girl with whom the boy is infatuated”, this quote shows that the boy sees the girl as the most beautiful girl by saying that the light is associated by her appearances. Furthermore, in the story it mentions “In all his descriptions of her, she is edged in an almost holy light”.
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While I agree with you that it is a coming of age story, I believe it is also about his witnessing the bazaar’s anticipation against reality. The girl he has a crush on exaggerates how much she enjoys that bazaar, and the boy concludes that it must be a good location for shopping and acquiring something to please her. When he comes, the bazaar is on the verge of shutting, and he ends up buying nothing for her because there is nothing to buy, especially given how one of the booths where the girl worked was rude to him, and the business closes before he can purchase anything that would make his crush happy.