In 's short
story "," which appears in his collection , the young narrator is
captivated by the sister of Mangan; he watches the girl from his window and follows her through
the streets, entranced by the idea of her and in the throes of his own sexual awakening. When
the girl finally speaks to him, she inquires if he will be going to Araby, a church-sponsored
fair that will be happening in Dublin.
While the girl can't make it to the
bazaar, the narrator promises to go to it and bring her back a gift. He anxiously awaits the
arrival of the fair, but on the night that he is supposed to go to it, his uncle comes home
late; the boy hurries to the fair with the coin that his uncle has given him, but when he
finally arrives, the fair is closing down.
Witnessing this and overcome with
emotion, the narrator comments that he is a "creature driven and derided by vanity"
and that his "eyes burned with anguish and anger." The narrator feels this way because
he has failed on...
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