Introduction “Araby” by James Joyce and “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver portray several similarities and differences regarding themes, motifs, and epiphanies. For instance, there is one definite similarity in that both stories reveal the importance of true insight. Moreover, Araby perceives Megan’s sister as a perfectionist Maiden for whom the Knight strives. The boy looks across the street and worships from far the girl who in his opinion is a paragon, but in the end comes to know that she is just another girl in the bazaar. He sees himself at the market as he carries her parcels and bore the chalice carefully through a throng of foes. In Cathedral, the narrator thinks that he is superior to a blind man Robert, who cannot see, but in the end