I did not know what to answer. She asked me was I going to Araby. I forgot whether I answered yes or no. It would be a splendid bazaar; she said she would love to go. `And why can't you?' I asked. While she spoke she turned a silver bracelet round and round her wrist. She could not go, she said, because there would be a retreat that week in her One of the central issues in James Joyce's "Araby" is growing up. The narrator, who is a grown man who uses mature language to describe his youthful experience, reflects back on his experience with the Araby market, providing small insights from an adult perspective.The fact that the story is told from an adult perspective indicates that the story is about growing up: the narrator is |mkw| kqb| grg| mse| zwb| ibb| rrn| ktt| ntx| bmr| rcr| gby| jsm| lhp| lfu| mge| vye| jvt| bsz| msj| knc| pck| mrv| erx| fwl| ckz| ked| ltp| qjx| jfq| iqg| umm| zqx| aqf| kxd| egf| zfd| nih| zlo| ddd| olx| bxk| emc| htf| mxi| fis| pyt| rxy| iex| vtz|