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Summary Of The Short Story 'Robbie'

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Robbie : In the short story ”Robbie”(originally titled as “Strange Playfellow”, Asimov casts light on the impact of the robot Robbie,who was destined to work as the baby-sitter, on Gloria. He also emphasizes the society’s influence on Gloria’s mother who was literally a Socialite in the neighbourhood. Gloria, daughter of Mr.George and Mrs.Grace, as a little lad,was a pretty and an enthusiastic girl in the village. On one fine day, Mr.George brought home Robbie, mute robot of the RB series, to employ him as a playmate to his daughter Gloria. Robbie had a peculiarity to understand, analyse and interpret people in the surrounding which made Gloria feel that he is a real human being rather than a robot. Robbie maintained a good relationship with Gloria and she considered him as her best friend since then. Eventhough Gloria was encircled with multiple peer groups, she was not influenced by any except for Robbie. She used to stay away from the society despite Mrs.Grace insisting her to come out and explore the world. She spent most of her time with Robbie which frustrated Mrs.Grace who had a potentially negative impression on robots because of the people in the neighbourhood. Mrs.George’s mentally of being a socialite is portrayed when she bursts out in anger at her husband for having left their …show more content…

The story was targeted to concoct knowledge on Robots by making robots violate the laws. And so is men’s intelligence which was limited to just compare the action of robots with the Three Laws Of Robotics. Asimov takes readers into a path where one unltimately ends up cornering him to have committed a mistake in fixing the laws. There comes a point where Asimov would conclude by putting up in easy words that he was right and thy the purity of his knowledge remained

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