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from side to side.”(Joyce, “Echoes” 288) There is also irony here and throughout most of the story that portrays the reality vs. fantasy theme. It is ironic how everything around him is so dark and gloomy like when he plays outside in “the dark and muddy lanes behind the houses, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens.” But then he sees so much light and goodness when he looks at this one girl as shown in the following passage:

The light from the lamp opposite our door caught the white curve of her neck, lit up her hair that rested there, and, falling, lit up the hand upon the railing.(289)

In the second part of the story the boy finds out about Araby. Joyce uses good character development again to portray his theme. The Mangan's sister tells the protagonist about the bazaar at Araby, it is clear the boy is already so caught up in this being the first time she speaks to him that he does not take what she is telling him for what it really is. She is talking about ...

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