In the story “Araby,” by James Joyce, the narrator talks about life on North Richmond Street. The narrator lives with his aunt and uncle in an apartment where a former priest, who had died, had lived. The priest left many books and the boy often went to read them. The boy (narrator) becomes friends with a boy named Mangan and develops a crush on his sister. He looks at it almost every day. “Every morning I lay on the floor in the living room in front of his door.” (Page 1137) He had never spoken to this girl until one day she approached him. She asked him if he is going to Arabia. She explains to the boy that she can't go and he assures her that he will go and bring her something back. However, due to a series of events, the boy arrives late at the bazaar and realizes that his pocket change is insufficient. The boy in James Joyce's "Araby" learns that life throws many twists and turns, daydreams are much more pleasant than harsh reality, and he will forever remain a prisoner of his modest means and his city. First of all the boy learns that life curves. Everything the boy can think of...