![]() ![]() The truants in "An Encounter" managed to play hooky from school without any major consequences no one prevented them from journeying across town on a weekday or even asked the boys where they were going. Like the two previous stories, "The Sisters" and "An Encounter," "Araby" is about a somewhat introverted boy fumbling toward adulthood with little in the way of guidance from family or community. The event is shutting down for the night, and he does not have enough money to buy something nice for Mangan's sister anyway. ![]() ![]() After much anguished waiting, the boy receives money for the bazaar, but by the time he arrives at Araby, it is too late. When Saturday night comes, however, his uncle returns home late, possibly having visited a pub after work. The boy requests and receives permission to attend the bazaar on Saturday night. The boy promises that if he goes he will bring her something from Araby. The girl will be away on a retreat when the bazaar is held and therefore unable to attend. One evening she asks him if he plans to go to a bazaar (a fair organized, probably by a church, to raise money for charity) called Araby. A young boy who is similar in age and temperament to those in "The Sisters" and "An Encounter" develops a crush on Mangan's sister, a girl who lives across the street. ![]()
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