Concerning Joyce's "Araby," I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Your question is not really a question, and I have no idea what you mean by "a 16 marks question." I'll just comment on the disillusionment and frustration in the work.
The narrator is first frustrated by his infatuation with Mangan's sister, as any teenager might be. He likes her and is somewhat obsessed with her, but can't really get close to her or get to know her. Then when he finally gets a chance to cement a connection with her by getting her a gift from the bazaar, he's frustrated by having to wait for the day to arrive when he can go, and by his uncle returning home late to give him his spending money.
Once at the bazaar, he is then disillusioned by the appearance of the bazaar, the useless, trivial flirting of the three workers he overhears, and, apparently, by the items available for purchase.
He experiences an epiphany, then, when he realizes how trivial he has been during the course of his infatuation. Buying Mangan's sister a gift from Araby does not merit his total obsessiveness, which led him to neglect everything else.
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