In the experiences of our lives, we always have something gained or lost from that certain experience. Although it is sometimes not easy to recognize what we have gained or lost, it is always there and can teach us important lessons for the rest of our lives. These lessons can play an important role in how we act and react in our lives overall. Some experiences can be eye-opening and take us away from something we were doing that we now know is a bad thing and should get us back on track. Either that or the experience could be less of a physical thing and more of a mental thing in which we correct ourselves through our thoughts or opinions about certain things for example. Like being in someone else's shoes for example or in their brain and learning more about that particular person. Some stories may reveal an important moment or experience in a specific character's life. For example, the boy in Arabia by James Joyce, he has an important experience in life and learns a few things. James Joyce's Young Man in Arabia both gained and lost something or several things in his experience. To begin with, the young man loses something from his experience at the Bazaar and that was his love for the young woman. The place he frequents in the bazaar is very different from the place he lives, just like Mangan's sister, she is something new compared to his boring daily life. The Arabian boy seems to want to escape his boring daily life and that is one of the reasons why he falls in love with the girl. On page 1239 he says, “If I go,” I said, “I’ll bring you something.” » It was one of the very first times he talked to the girl and he was already ready to go somewhere and buy her something. Later he explains that all his time... middle of paper ... found out why she couldn't go and instantly he wanted to please her by going to the bazaar even though he had no idea about what it was even that he was willing to buy her something from there. In the end, he realizes that he cannot buy things that are too expensive for him. He thus acquires a greater practical sense. In conclusion, the boy from Arabia learns some lessons. He learns this and perhaps loses that his love for her was ridiculous in the first place. He then learned and learned that investing so much into something might not be such a good idea. The last thing the boy gained was that he shouldn't have to buy something or be rich to impress someone. Hopefully, in the end, the boy will take a different approach towards the girl he is "in love with" and make her enjoy his company rather than what he has to offer her, like a gift.