Structure of James Joyce's "Araby"

The structure of James Joyce's "Araby" is tri-partite, beginning with the evocation of a childish experience of a dingy environment, followed by his romantic attachment to a girl, and ending with the visit to the Araby bazaar. In this story, the boy achieves a revelation that marks the end of childhood, and the shift to adolescence. The narrator is a boy from this school who seems to be remembering these days from some distance in time. He has reached the time of life when he is changing from child to adolescent and this is represented by his attraction to Mangan's sister, whose image stays with him.

The story opens with a description of North Richmond Street that evokes a paralytic image:

North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hours when the Christian Brother' School set

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