Plot Summary:
The narrator, an unnamed boy, describes the North Dublin street on which his house is located. The boy remembers how they would run through the back lanes of the houses and hide in the shadows when they reached the street again, hoping to avoid people in the neighborhood, most importantly the boy’s uncle or the sister of his friend Mangan. He thinks in retrospect about the priest who died in the house before his family moved in and the games that he and his friends played in the street. The sister of his friend often comes to the narrator's door to call out his brother, and this is a moment that the narrator enjoys everytime.
The narrator usually starts out the day with such viewings of Mangan’s sister. He places himself in the front room of his house so he can see her leave her house, and then he rushes out to walk behind her quietly until finally passing her. The narrator and Mangan’s sister talk little, but it is apparent that the narrator has a childhood 'crush' on her. He thinks about her all day, whether he is out helping his mother with groceries or sitting at home alone. The narrator’s 'crush' is so intense that he is afraid he will never gather the bravery to speak with the girl and express his feelings to her. One morning, Mangan’s sister asks the narrator if he plans to go to Araby, a Dublin bazaar. She tells that she cannot attend, as she has already committed herself to a retreat with her school. The boy offers to get her something at the bazaar. This meeting launches the narrator into a state of eager, restless waiting and anxious tension in anticipation of the bazaar. He cannot focus in school, finds the lessons tedious, and is distracted by thinking about Mangan’s sister.
On the morning of the bazaar the narrator reminds his uncle that he plans to attend the event so that the uncle will return home early and give him some money for the train fare. Yet, dinner passes and a guest visits, but the narrator's uncle still hasn't returned. The narrator impatiently awaits his return, until at 9 p.m. the uncle finally returns, not caring that he has forgotten about the narrator’s plans. The uncle gives the narrator the money and asks him if he knows the poem “The Arab’s Farewell to his Steed'. The narrator leaves just as his uncle begins to recite the lines, and, thanks to perpetually slow trains, arrives at the bazaar just before 10 PM, just when itt is starting to close down. He approaches one stall that is still open, but buys nothing, feeling unwanted by the woman watching over the goods. Withhout a gift for Mangan’s sister, the narrator stands angrily and frustrated in the deserted bazaar as the lights slowly fade out.
Plot Summary:
The narrator, an unnamed boy, describes the North Dublin street on which his house is located. The boy remembers how they would run through the back lanes of the houses and hide in the shadows when they reached the street again, hoping to avoid people in the neighborhood, most importantly the boy’s uncle or the sister of his friend Mangan. He thinks in retrospect about the priest who died in the house before his family moved in and the games that he and his friends played in the street. The sister of his friend often comes to the narrator's door to call out his brother, and this is a moment that the narrator enjoys everytime.
The narrator usually starts out the day with such viewings of Mangan’s sister. He places himself in the front room of his house so he can see her leave her house, and then he rushes out to walk behind her quietly until finally passing her. The narrator and Mangan’s sister talk little, but it is apparent that the narrator has a childhood 'crush' on her. He thinks about her all day, whether he is out helping his mother with groceries or sitting at home alone. The narrator’s 'crush' is so intense that he is afraid he will never gather the bravery to speak with the girl and express his feelings to her. One morning, Mangan’s sister asks the narrator if he plans to go to Araby, a Dublin bazaar. She tells that she cannot attend, as she has already committed herself to a retreat with her school. The boy offers to get her something at the bazaar. This meeting launches the narrator into a state of eager, restless waiting and anxious tension in anticipation of the bazaar. He cannot focus in school, finds the lessons tedious, and is distracted by thinking about Mangan’s sister.
On the morning of the bazaar the narrator reminds his uncle that he plans to attend the event so that the uncle will return home early and give him some money for the train fare. Yet, dinner passes and a guest visits, but the narrator's uncle still hasn't returned. The narrator impatiently awaits his return, until at 9 p.m. the uncle finally returns, not caring that he has forgotten about the narrator’s plans. The uncle gives the narrator the money and asks him if he knows the poem “The Arab’s Farewell to his Steed'. The narrator leaves just as his uncle begins to recite the lines, and, thanks to perpetually slow trains, arrives at the bazaar just before 10 PM, just when itt is starting to close down. He approaches one stall that is still open, but buys nothing, feeling unwanted by the woman watching over the goods. Withhout a gift for Mangan’s sister, the narrator stands angrily and frustrated in the deserted bazaar as the lights slowly fade out.
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