The story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young man who is obsessed and desperate with his neighbor, he wouldn’t speak to the young girl but when he had the chance to talk to her, he was timed, the young girl approached him and sparked a conversation about Araby bazaar and that wasn’t able to go because of a trip that week but would’ve loved to visit, the boy tells her that if he goes he will “get her something” (11) and this is where his desperation came out, it was like if he needed to get her something from the bazaar, and after going through some trouble to get there, he managed to get there and unfourtanly after getting there late, he looks at a few vases and from the workers tone of voice in how he was approached asking if he wanted to buy something, the young boy replies “no thank you” (34) and evenually walks away disappoined from the lack of money he had, not being able to get her something, and the visit to bazaar.
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