"Arabi" and "Eveline"
... tries to impress by getting her something from the festival bearing the name of the story's title. Each work has elements such as setting, symbols, and themes which are repeated in the opposing writing which provides Joyce with a writing style that is his own. To begin both stories we find ourselves in the setting of a local typical town in Ireland and are introduced to a family of characters. The mood of the stories are set by the dark somber lighting accompanied by periods of eerie silence that which the main characters experience at times. Family is a strong theme in Joyce's writings for in Araby the young teen finds himself obeying his Uncle and asking his permission to go to the festival, showing his sense of respect and need for family. In Eveline the family theme can be seen in Eveline as she stays and takes over the mother role of the household as a teen when her mother dies because she feels it is her duty and she owed it to her mother. Death seems ever present as well in both works as many of Eveline's friends and family we are told die at some point (i.e. Earnest, her mother, Blessed Margaret Mary...