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Characterization is a major part in many short stories. The characters in a short story shape the story to make it more interestingto read. The main character of a story usually has human personalities that are familiar to the reader. All boys have a "crush"on ....

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.... At one point, his love for Mangan's sisteroverwhelms him, and he presses his palms together and begins to chant "O Love! O Love!". The narrator's view of love is idealistic. He has set Mangan's sister upon a pedestal, and his expectations of love are too unrealistic. At the end of the story, the narrator is bitter. He realizes thathis view of love is idealized and unrealistic. Sordid reality is epitomized by the fair. The young boy goes to Araby with the romantic goal of buying a gift for Mangan's sister, but the bazaar is dismal and dreary; it fulfills none of the narrator's expectations. Hisdisappointment in Araby fills him with an ....