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Araby Literary Analysis
In his short story Araby, James Joyce ties together symbolism like light and dark, sight and blind, to characterize his protagonist’s rough journey to maturity.
Joyce uses the theme of light versus dark to show how one must go through the dark, or tough times, in order to mature. He lets his character to be metaphorically blinded for a brief period of time, in order to learn a painful lesson. Joyce’s unnamed protagonist is starstruck by a beautiful girl, and he considers her to be his light. He is rather young and immature, and lets his actions and emotions be completely taken over by this girl, whom he has never even spoken to. He watches her from afar and can not keep himself from thinking about her. “Her image accompanied me to even the
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