Only when the "light from the kitchen windows filled the areas" (1) where the characters able to visualize the activities of the boy's uncle and the 'dark form' of Mangan's sister. ... The final despair is the condition of the boy himself. ... The light, happy story of the young boy in love never came to be. ... The lady is in petty conversations and is completely ignoring the boy. ... The final defeat of the story is that the boy simply gives up. ...

• Word Count: 1460
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The former tenant of the boy's house was a priest. The boy describes the rooms in the house, as well as the room the priest died in, saying, "Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless papers"(Vesterman 8). ... Joyce often describes many things in the boy's life as being dark. ... As the boy arrives at Araby, he finds that it is deserted. ... The young woman approaches the boy and asks if he wishes to buy anything. ...

• Word Count: 1286
• Approx Pages: 5

We can see that the character is not a big concern of his aunt and uncle, which isolates and shapes the boy even more. ... "North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brother's School set the boy's free" (61, Araby). ... "Air, musty from having been long enclosed, hung in all the rooms, and the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with old useless paper" (61, Araby). ...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6