Epiphany :: Literary Analysis, Joyce and Calvino

World War I and World II are fundamentally 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 look at the two stories while thinking about all the subtleties. In the event 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 experiences passionate feelings for a young lady, yet love tricks him. In his snapshot of revelation, â€Å"[g]azing up into the murkiness [he] saw [himself] as an animal driven and ridiculed by vanity; and [his] eyes ignited with anguish and anger† (Joyce 1). In The Flash, the hero unexpectedly gets a handle on a reality, however 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, ridiculous. Also, [he] began to laugh† (Calvino 1). The examination between the revelations of both short stories uncovers the relationship among the likenesses and contrasts with respect to subject, imagery and setting. Above all, contrasting the subjects of the two revelations uncovers they can at the same time be comparable and extraordinary. A significant regular 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 confined 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 irregularity of the world. All things being equal, every revelation suggests every hero faces an alternate kind of the real world. The hero of Araby faces the truth of adoration 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 way, evaluating the subject like the two revelations prompts finding various topics also. Then again, taking a gander at the distinctions in the imagery of every revelation alludes to a tantamount part of imagery.