Posted by Kim on October 22, 19100 at 14:34:23:

In Reply to: Re: imagery in ARABY posted by maia gardner on July 26, 19100 at 00:18:28:

The best example of religious imagery in Araby is in the opening description of the young boy's backyard. In the backyard there is a bicycle pump and an apple tree. A bicycle pump is a piece of tubing that looks like a snake, and the apple tree is like the tree of knowledge, get it? Many people believe that this one single sentence is supposed to be a microcosm of the Adam and Eve story. This also goes along with the concept that at the end of the story the boys reaches his epiphany and his eyes are open. If you have any more questions email me. Joyce is my favorite auther.

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