Transients in Arcadia, O. Henry

There are many times throughout ones lives where they dream of possibilities filled with illusions. Illusions such as the dream vacation as we see in O. Henry’s short story Transients in Arcadia, the two characters James McManus and Mamie Siviter live out their perfect few days as Hsrold Farrington and Héloise D’Arcy Beaumont. We are exposed to the power that illusions hold, and how thin that fine line that dances between reality and illusions really is.