This story has very similar viewpoints to the previous two stories despite dealing with financial and religious oppression. Well, one similarity between this story and "Parkers Back", although set in separate countries, is set in poor communities filled with lower working class people. In both stories, the characters are burdened not only by their financial situation, but also by their religion. In “Araby,” the boy tries to go to the bazaar to buy something for the girl he really likes. Imagine the perfect gift that he can give her and that will surely, in her mind, win her over. His unrealistic view reminds the reader of Parker's idea that if he gets a tattoo, which is religious, his religious wife can't help but love him. Some religious oppression occurs when Mangan's sister is forbidden to visit the bazaar because there is a retreat at her convent. Just like in “Diary of a Madman,” people are controlled by others to do what they want. This takes away politics and religion and turns them into something more