Choose ONE of the prompts below and respond in a meaningful way in a 3-5-page paper.
1: Discuss how the idea and symbolism of religion relate to the spiritual journey of the narrator. Be sure to refer to specific quotations from the text to support your main points.
2: Explore the duality of light and dark in the story. How does Joyce use these ideas to help us understand the narrator, especially in terms of his passing from a state of innocent childhood into that of "tarnished" adulthood. As always, include relevant quotations from the story to support your primary claims.
Your paper will be evaluated on a variety of elements, including a strong, focused thesis statement; logical organization; clean, natural transitions; persuasiveness of argument, and an overall sophistication of discussion and development.