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A short story from James Joyce's Dubliners. The unnamed protagonist in "Araby" is a boy who is just starting to come into his sexual identity. Through his first-person narration, we are immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems... read more
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- Narrator: A young boy who takes a love interest in Mangan's sister, hoping to go to the local bazaar to buy her something.
- Mangan: A friend, the same age and goes to the same school as the narrator. His sister becomes the object of affection for the narrator.
- Mangan's Sister: Sister of the narrator's friend, she becomes a schoolboy crush for the narrator and reason to go to the bazaar.
- Uncle: Narrator's uncle, who takes care of the narrator and gives him money for the bazaar.
- Aunt: Narrator's aunt, who helps take care for him.
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