The situational detail also displays vanity with examples of rash thought and selfish actions. The narrator decides to go to the Araby and purchase something for the girl. He notes that he cannot wait for the day of the festival and he "chafed against the work of school." This rash decision shows how his vanity clouds his reason. Another example is noted when the narrator states "that life stood between [him] and [his] desire." This displays a total shunning of hard work and decency; two things that are the foundation of good values and morals. A further example of selfish rash behavior exists within the narrator's anger in his uncle. The uncle accidentally forgets to hand the narrator money to go to Araby. Upon realizing this the aunt notices the narrator "did not smile." The narrator is selfish for his own ne

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