Epiphany :: Literary Analysis, Joyce and Calvino

World War I and World II are essentially the equivalent, isn't that so? Provided that this is true, Araby, composed around WWI by James Joyce, and The Flash, composed around WWII by Italo Calvino, are additionally the equivalent, no? To be sure, these short stories have numerous likenesses. Simultaneously, the two stories have numerous distinctions. Along these lines, it is hard to think about the two stories while thinking about all the subtleties. On the off chance that the subject of correlation is progressively explicit, for example, revelation, at that point more accentuation and exertion can be placed into the examination. In Araby, the hero begins to look all starry eyed at a young lady, however love bamboozles him. In his snapshot of revelation, â€Å"[g]azing up into the haziness [he] saw [himself] as an animal driven and disparaged by vanity; and [his] eyes ignited with anguish and anger† (Joyce 1). In The Flash, the hero out of nowhere gets a handle on a reality, ye t just for a moment: â€Å"[He] halted, squinted: [He] saw nothing. Nothing, nothing about anything. [He] didn’t comprehend the explanations behind things or for individuals, it was all silly, ludicrous. Also, [he] began to laugh† (Calvino 1). The correlation between the revelations of both short stories uncovers the relationship among the likenesses and contrasts in regards to topic, imagery and setting. Above all, looking at the subjects of the two revelations uncovers they can at the same time be comparable and unique. A significant basic subject in the two revelations is confronting reality. In Araby, the hero acknowledges â€Å"[his] stay was useless† (Joyce 6) since the youngster just â€Å"spok[e] to [him] out of a feeling of duty† (Joyce 6). In like manner, in The Flash, the hero acknowledges he â€Å"accepted everything: traffic lights, vehicles, banners, garbs, landmarks, things totally isolates from any feeling of the world, acknowledged them as though there some need, some chain of circumstances and logical results that bound them together† (Calvino 1). The two characters face the truth and arbitrariness of the world. All things considered, every revelation suggests every hero faces an alternate kind of the real world. The hero of Araby faces the truth of affection and â€Å"[sees himself] as an animal driven and determined by vanity† (Joyce 6). Then again, the hero of The Flash faces the truth of presence and expectations â€Å"[he] will get a handle on that other knowledge† (Calvino 2). In this manner, checking on the subject like the two revelations prompts finding various topics too. On the other hand, taking a gander at the distinctions in the imagery of every revelation alludes to a practically identical part of imagery.