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There are many statements in the story “Araby” that are both surprising and puzzling. The statement that perhaps gives us the most insight into the narrator's thoughts and feelings is found at the end of the story. “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself ....

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.... house before the narrator make us wonder if the priest led a life of vanity. His early obsession with Mangan's sister now seems in vain. “I had never spoken to her ... and yet her name was like a summons to my foolish blood. (4)” He feels ashamed and ridiculed by his earlier inability to communicate with Mangan's sister. He sees how distracted he was by his anticipation of the bazaar. He recalls that he “ had hardly any patience with the serious work of life. (12)” The narrator is embarrassed by the time he had wasted, and the ease with which he became distracted. The near total worthlessness of the bazaar at the time the narr ....