Part one of term paper
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 as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and ...

Part two of term paper
... sister, felt scorned by the merchants, and suddenly found himself in a dark room. These surroundings left him feeling both derided, and with a sense that this eagerly anticipated trip had been in vain. Many other situations caused him to feel driven and derided by vanity. His reflections of the “charitable” life of the priest who occupied the narrator's 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 va ...