Question

What similarities do you notice between the changes the boy in the poem and the boy in "Araby" experienced?

Answer 1

In the poem, the boy sells his beloved horse for a few gold coins, symbolizing greed. At the end of the poem, when the horse is being taken away from him, he realizes the folly of his ways and attempts to relinquish the coins so that he can take back his horse. Similarly, at the end of “Araby," the boy faces up to his pride and vanity when he sees the bazaar and realizes that it’s not everything he expected.

Answer 2

Both the boy in the poem and the boy in Araby suffer from separation anxiety. They both cannot accept the fact that reality has struck their "world". It is a realization that sometimes things don't go just as how you thought it would be, and it's a struggle to keep up with the truth.