Comment critically on the ending of "Araby."

In the end he realizes that there is nothing for him at Araby, and all his hopes about entering a romantic world beyond the quiet, decent, brown street of his childhood have been reduced to fantasy. His realization and acceptance represent a loss of innocence, which makes him angry. The loss also wounds him. He realizes that his strong emotions were aroused only by a fantasy, for the idea of Mangan's sister and not for the real girl. This reality is symbolized by the English shop girl at the bazaar, with her discouraging tone of voice and her flirting ways toward the two men.

The boy must admit to himself that his worshipful love was tainted with lust. He experiences a painful disappointment when he acknowledges that he is a victim of his own vanity. He is not a pure spiritual being, but a boy growing to manhood in the material word and a human being subject to self-delusion and "blindness".