World War I and World War II :: Comparative

World War I and World II are basically the same, powerful? Well, one can also say they have nothing in common. The comparison of the ii wars is conceivable, but it is thought-provoking because they are such widespread notions. This pattern applies to Araby, written by James Joyce during WWI, and The bald-faced, written by Italo Calvino during WWII. In Araby, the relay transmitter falls in love with a girl, but love deceives him. In his second gear of epiphany, gazing up into the ghastlyness he saw himself as a creature driven and derided by vanity and his eyes burned with anguish and anger (Joyce 1). In The Flash, the protagonist suddenly grasps a reality and in his moment of epiphany he stopped, blinked He understood nothing. Nothing, nothing about anything. He didnt understand the reasons for things or for people, it was all senseless, absurd (Calvino 1). Comparing the epiphanies of the two distinct short stories reveals a relationship between their alikeities and differences through theme, symbolism and setting. First and foremost, comparing the themes of both epiphanies reveal they can simultaneously be similar and different. An important common theme in both epiphanies is facing reality. In Araby, the protagonist realizes his stay was useless (Joyce 6) since the young lady only spoke to him out of a sense of duty (Joyce 6). Likewise, in The Flash, the protagonist realizes he accepted everything traffic lights, cars, posters, uniforms, monuments, things completely detached from any sense of the world, accepted them as if there most necessity, some chain of cause and effect that bound them together (Calvino 1). Both characters face the reality and randomness of the world. Even so, from each one epiphany implies each protagonist faces a different sort of reality. The protagonist of Araby faces the reality of love and sees himself as a creature driven and derived by vanity (Joyce 6). On the other hand, the protagonist of The Flash fa ces the reality of existence and hopes he shall grasp that other knowledge (Calvino 2). Therefore, reviewing the theme similar to both epiphanies leads to discovering different themes as well.Conversely, looking at the differences in the symbolism of each epiphany hints at a comparable aspect of symbolism. The epiphany of Araby symbolizes the protagonist escaping into a dark world when he enters the upper part of the hall which was now completely dark (Joyce 6).