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Sarah Saoud
Professor Al Samarrai
20th Century English Literature
29 April 2007
Araby: Escaping Reality through Fantasy
Reality is often bleak. It is only natural when the bleakness becomes too much to bear, that fantasies of escape are born. These are latched onto, basked in, and consumed until they take over the senses and drive the spirit to the edge of feeling. Then, they hurl their owners into despair, for fantasy, in the very end, will slam into the harsh wall of reality, and dissolve, causing despair. In James Joyce's Dubliners, this particular theme: escape from reality through fantasy ultimately resulting in despair, is the major theme in Araby, the third story of the collection. In this paper, I hope to examine this theme closely and attempt to explain:
* The reasons that led the young protagonist of Araby to yearn for escape,
* The method of the boy's escape,
* And the outcome of his attempt to escape.
Nearly everything happens because of a reason, so......

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