In "Araby," what does the Araby bazaar symbolize or represent to the narrator?

The bazaar
first becomes a symbol of the exotic and romantic; later it represents his
disillusions.

The young boy, who acts as the narrator of 's story, becomes
infatuated with the sister of one of the boys in the neighborhood. Mangan's sister inspires in
the boy romantic dreams as the light of his door catches "the white curve of her
neck." As he watches Mangan's sister, the boy conjures dreams in his bedroom at night and
he sees her image on the pages of the book he tries to read.

The syllables of the word were called to me through the silence
in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.

When the boy has the opportunity to speak to Mangan's sister, she
asks him if he plans to go to Araby. Further, she informs him that she has
a retreat to attend, so the boy promises to bring her something if he goes. Unfortunately, the
boy's expectations of an exotic place are ruined when he arrives late at the bazaar. Having had
to wait for his uncle to return home and give him some money, the boy arrives when nearly all
the stalls are closed. He overhears a young woman talking with two men in English accents as
another man counts money. Disillusioned by this tawdry place and with Mangan's sister, the boy
finds himself initiated into the real adult world: "derided by vanity, [his] eyes burned
with anguish and anger."