“Araby” 1) Summary: This short story is about a boy (narrator) who is attracted to his friend’s sister, she is also his neighbor. Narrator is a boy who has probably just started his puberty. He lived in a Christian neighborhood, some of his friends lived in the same neighborhood. One of his friends lived right across the street from him, and he had a sister about his age. He was in love with her, and …showed first 75 words of 299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 299 total…closed. There was hardly anything open. A few stalls that were open were about to be close. He went to one stall but did not see anything he liked. Shortly after they announced the closing and shut off the lights. “I heard a voice call from one end of the gallery that the light was out.” (433). Now standing almost in darkness, narrator felt real angry because he went through all this trouble for mere beauty.