The impingement of circumstances and how man has failed in their presence: a comparison of A&P and Araby

John Updikes A&P and James Joyces Araby were born out of nigh contexts. In fact, some(prenominal) writers are being tagged with a kindred designation. Both are believed to be modernist writers.They are read side by side the modern temper the rise of industrialization, the attenuation of soldierys substance and the meaning of his world and the dominance of several routines which stapled itself on mans life and reduce his essence.As we look at A&P and Araby, we move confirm that they some(prenominal) uphold the modern temper, as they both mark pointed facets of this period the apparent inability to rise from ones circumstances and the extent by which these circumstances govern us.In A&P, Sammy resigned on his job after he felt up like his boss in the shopping store humiliated the daughters who wore bathing suits in the store. Ultimately, he felt obliged to stand up for his gesture of quitting and non turn outside from it. He stood up for his decision and even though the futu re has perfectly looked uncertain for him, he kept on red ink, knowing that he can no semipermanent revert from his treat.Meanwhile, in Araby, a young male child was eaten up by his frustration after he failed to purchase something for the girl he felt infatuated for. He was late in going to the bazaar or the araby as he had to wait for his uncle from whom the money he needs will come from.Upon reaching the bazaar, he saw that closely of the stalls were already closed and he can no longer fulfill his promise of buying something for the apple of his eye. In the end, he was utterly frustrated and he seemed inert as that feeling gobbled his whole self.Having these ii texts at hand, we can find a common theme that is both incorporated in both of them. We can see in these stories how the characters were carried apart and frustrated by their circumstances. The concept of the circumstantial forces impinging themselves on humankind beings and molding the form of their lives is v isible in both Updikes A&P and Joyces Araby.The lone(prenominal) difference between the dickens stories in terms of that theme is the way the characters have responded to that force of circumstances.In A&P the entrance of the scandalously dressed ladies created a commotion inside the A&P a convenience store that is open to the public. The commotion was caused by the fact that the ladies were inappropriately dressed. The store was located on the town full at the very heart of the city. Evidently, the store was located in a public place.The ladies were wearing clothes as if they are by themselves only and not exposed to many people. One wears a plaid lounge suit in green while another wears an off-shoulder bathing suit. The incompatibility of these two elements signals the emergence of the idea that the ladies were swerving from the norm and a necessary action must be done to check what they were doing.This action was made by the manager of the store, Lengel. With all grit and st rictness, he accosted the ladies and gave them some serious verbal beating. He established his authority to scold the girls and show to them his disapproval of their breeding and his implication that they leave the store Girls, this isnt the beach. (Hart 134).Queenie, the head of the ladies tried to get by for their case against the overture made by the manager but she failed. Lengel did not turned out to be gentle and a pushover. He in reality intended to assert his position and drive the ladies away which he very did.