frost of heaven

Luck is the chance for things to go the way you want them to go with out having any control over the situation. When Paul confused luck with lucre, his mother explained "luck is what causes you to have money...lucre does mean money"(403). Paul's continual confusion leads him to find his "luck" of knowing the winning horses. Paul is successful at reaching this goal and fulfilling his mother's definition of luck. However, he is …

…fashioned wings from wax and flew away. This theme is considered to be the most important of the story because escaping from the mundane reality he lives in is the whole premise behind the boy's visit to the Araby circus. None of the events that transpired in the telling of this story would have occurred had it not been for the boy's drive to escape his surroundings, even if it were only for one night