Araby by James Joyce Summary

 

Araby was a sort of bazar. The writer visited it when he was a small schoolboy. His visit was a labour of love. He was asked by his beloved to visit the Araby. He was too small to be a lover, but he fell in love all the same.

 

The girl was his friend Mangan’s sister. He loved her madly. Her word was more than a law for him. So he went to Araby just because she wished him to do so. He was late because he had to wait for his uncle to get some money.

 

When he reached there the bazar had almost closed. Only a Chinaware stall was open. The boy stopped. The sales girl asked him if he wanted to buy anything. He said, no, he did not need anything. He had a strange feeling of frustration as he came out. He was too young, to understand that feeling.

 

 

The boy‟s visit to Araby was fruitless just like his childish love affair. He undertook this visit as a sacred duty. He only wished to please the girl without thinking of any other reward for his pains. He also wished to buy something nice for her.

 

But he was too small to decide what he should buy for her. In his confusion he could not make any choice. So he came back frustrated. Still he was not angry with the girl who had sent him out on this useless errand. He is rather angry at his own adequacy.

 

All this makes great demands on the central nervous system, especially on its mechanisms of coordination of movements, on the motor, visual, vestibular and other analyzers. Many types of professional activity are associated with the effects of various external conditions on the working organism (high ambient temperature, acceleration, vibration, emotional stress, prolonged stay in a monotonous working position, etc.)