Although I have already read "Araby" once, there is nothing quite as fun as re-reading a story! Especially when it's the story about a young boy on the brink from childhood to adolescence when everything he once thought was amazing and his eyes are open to the soul-shattering truth and his mouth is scrunched tightly from tasting the horrible bitterness that is reality!
The imagery of the story is beautiful, which to me suggests that in this point of the story, the protagonist has not yet taken off his rose colored glasses. In some parts of the story, it feels like the boy is aware of what is going on around him, such as when he notices the women in the street, he is just not ready to accept it just yet.
Not only is the boy dealing with the harshness of reality around him, he is dealing with a harsh reality dwelling within himself: sexual awakening. He is entering adolescence, which always leads to learning about sexuality. This seems akin to the story of the Garden of Eden, when Adam bit into the fruit and thus realized he was naked and had carnal needs, just as the boy in "Araby" does.
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