Throughout Joyce's short story of a nameless adolescent boy, the recurring theme of colour and darkness is one of several literary devices deployed in the narrative to engage the reader in understanding the transformation which ... , 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's sister ...

• Word Count: 618
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

... of the Sad Café,"" Carson McCullers utilizes distortion of literary reality to impart her lessons and thoughts concerning love to the reader. McCullers usage of distortion ultimately moves the story from a simplistic narrative about social misfits to an allegory dealing with very complex and abstract emotions. Once the reader comes to realize the lessons embedded in McCullers' distorted characters and ... narration, it elicits a strong emotional response from him or her. The unidentified narrator somewhat haphazardly sets the story beginning in the relative present and frequently jumpi...

• Word Count: 426
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate