How is the setting of James Joyce's story "Araby" related to the boy's state of mind?

The boy
presented in s is a would-be Romantic whose options seem limited, whose mood increasingly
dark, and whose final attitude is one of frustration and even anger.  The settings of the story
are highly appropriate, in some of the following ways, to the options, mood, and attitude just
described:

• The street on which the boy lives is blind, or a
  literal dead-end that is appropriate to the boys limited options.
• The boys
  own house smells musty, seems somewhat unkempt, and is associated with death (see second
  paragraph).
• The story takes place in winter time....