Which statement best summarizes the story "Araby"? a) Confusion eventually leads to depression b) Dreams often end in disillusionment c) Hatred...

The best
summary is "B." The story shows how dreams end up in disillusionment.

The boy narrator of "" tries to escape through dreams from his dull existence
as a Dublin schoolboy. His dreams center mainly around Mangan's sister, an older girl he
develops a crush on, and the bazaar called "Araby," which is coming to Dublin. He
promises to get Mangan's sister a gift at the bazaar. In his mind, the bazaar and the girl seem
to conflate or merge to represent all that is desirable, exotic, and different from his mundane
life.

However, the bazaar, when he arrives to it late, is cheap and mundane,
just like the rest of Dublin. He ends the story filled with bitter disillusion as his dream of
encountering a more sublime existence crumbles.

The ending of the story is
called an epiphany: it is not an event, but the boy's realization or sudden insight that he has
put his hopes in false dreams.