In “Araby”, James Joyce depicted a story of a boy who was infatuated with his friend’s sister and promised to get her a gift but was later disillusioned when he couldn’t keep the promise. Further analysis suggests that this is a story about unhappiness in the life of a boy in Dublin during the turn of the century. We can see this in the scenes and the events that the narrator described. The first sentence in the story described the street that he lives in as being “blind”. Blind is associated with darkness. This symbolizes unhappiness. Other incidents suggest that greed may have affected him negatively. Greed can be inferred from the money the priests acc
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