1. Araby, James Joyce: Images Of Blindness As Illumination
... , it appears that she is older then the protagonist, who sees the limits of his childhood as compared with "North Richmond Street, being blind". The angst of adolescence and the travels to adulthood are the central conflicts in the story, shown by his "confused adoration" of the girl and his frustrating delay to get to Araby. Being smitten with his friend ... "the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me and my desire, seemed to me child's play" that is the true "purpose of [his] journey". As he travels to Araby, "After an intolerable delay [the train] crept onward over t...
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