First consider the adolescent mind confined to a blind alley, the North Richmond Street, a mind which is nostalgic and imaginative, and searching for something adorable and liberating.
Secondly, you should comment upon the boy's 'confused adoration' for Mangan's sister, the brown-clad image of the girl symbolising the holy chalice to be protected from the vulgarities of the mundane market-dominated hard realities of life.
Thirdly, comment on how the passion for the girl converts to a passion and excitement for the exotic as suggested by Araby, and how the boy's journey to Araby gets aborted with the adolescent dream shattered.
You can prepare your write-up on the following motif:
ADOLESCENCE--TRANSITION--ADULTHOOD.
REALITY--LIMITS OF IMAGINATION--BACK TO THE REAL.
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