*With the very first line of "Araby," Joyce is being critical of the church during his time. "North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free."(404) Interestingly, James Joyce describes the street in terms of vision. He calls the street and its people "blind." Perhaps they are blinded by religion. Another very critical point here is that he describes the boys being "free" when they leave their Christian school at the end of the day. In this beginning part of the story

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