For my research essay, I have chosen “Araby” by James Joyce. My thesis statement is – “The author uses light and darkness to demonstrate the narrator’s battle between the fantasy and brutality of reality”. I have decided to use literary critique as a secondary source to support my research essay and to better describe Joyce’s use of dark and light imagery. I found several literary databases in the BMCC library, such as JSTOR, Literature Resource Center, however, I have not made my final decision yet.