In our ever-changing and ever-changing lives, experiences teach us lessons throughout. When new experiences are present, there is usually something gained or lost in that particular situation. Although sometimes these lessons are not easy to recognize; once they appear, they take up residence in our brain. These lessons can play an important role in how we act and react to certain things in life. Some experiences can be eye-opening and take us away from something we were doing that we now know is a bad thing and should get us back on track. Either that or the experience could be less of a physical thing and more of a mental thing in which we correct ourselves through our thoughts or opinions about certain things. Being in someone else's shoes for example or in their brain and learning more about that particular person. Some stories may reveal an important moment or experience in a specific character's life. In James Joyce's Araby, there is a reference to the blind: "In James Joyce's 'Araby', the main protagonist is blinded by his subjective selfishness and his inability to separate himself from the nets of his own cultural status, eclipsed by imperialism English…it is only when the protagonist experiences an epiphany – a dramatic but fleeting moment of revelation about himself or the world – that he is then able to see the lens from that point of view” (Ryan Sehrer ). The main character presented in James Joyce's Araby is blinded by many things in his life: in the end, he learns lessons and receives messages; So as not to consume too much, love can be the light, and with age comes experience. As a result of the main character completely consuming it for a young woman, he both loses and gains something through a lesson. His payoff is...... middle of paper ......m Innocence to Insight: 'Araby' as an Iniation Story. " Chapter 10. The Saint-Martin Guide to Writing. By Rise Axlerod and Charles Cooper. Vol. 8. Np: np, 2008. 536-38. Print. Sehrer, Ryan. “Araby” by James Joyce: 2011 . PDF file. Antioch Review April 1, 2013: n. p. eLibrary. Web. May 12, 2014. .Thurston, Brandon. "James Joyce's 'Araby' Literary Analysis." Humanities. Np, May 9, 2008. Web. May 12 2014. .