What symbolism is found in this excerpt from james joyce's "araby"? north richmond street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the christian brothers' school set the boys free. an uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbors in a square ground. the other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces. a: the boys being set free symbolizes them being free from the rules of the church. b : the uninhabited house represents the narrator's feeling of emptiness. c: the blind street symbolizes the aimless and drab life on north richmond street. d: the consciousness of decent lives symbolizes a comparison of neighbors' lives. select all correct answers

b : the uninhabited house represents the narrator's feeling of emptiness.

c: the blind street symbolizes the aimless and drab life on north richmond street.

d: the consciousness of decent lives symbolizes a comparison of neighbors' lives.

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.