Araby

Araby

CHARACTERS
The Narrator: a teenage boy, who has just developed feelings for a girl for the first
time. He wants to buy her a gift at Araby, which is an Arabian themed bazaar.

Uncle and Aunt: The narrator is raised by the uncle and aunt. The uncle comes home
late the night of the bazaar, this is why narrator gets to bazaar only as
it closes.

Mangan: The narrator’s friend.

Mangan’s sister: The object of the narrator’s affections.


SUMMARY
Like the first two stories in Dubliners, “Araby” is also in first person narrative. The narrator is a nameless boy, who is thought by some to be James Joyce when he was young. At the start of the book, it talks of the priest who died in their apartment before they lived there. The narrator is raised by his aunt and uncle, reasons as to why are unknown. One of his playmates is t...