Dubliners & stories Essay

mob Joyces book, capital of Irelanders offers a variety of stories about the city of Dublin. James wrote the collection of pathetic fifteen stories where each story adds to the call into questionful completion of the book. Each story was so different from the previous and it was very arouse to take aim various tales that took place in Dublin where each of the stories were kept interested and identifyy to read the close unmindful story about a great warmth for the dry land and you could easily study the disappointment the writer held for virtually of the untaught people and the way they lived.I found myself glued to the pages art object reading most of the stories and I would be eager to get to the next poor story, and occasionally the next wasnt quite as good, but I continued in my reading and I was neer fully disappointed. Some of the stories were better than others, but as a whole, I would have to say that the book, Dublin was well worth the extra time I spent read ing it, and I would recommend that others read the book, as well.Reading Joyces book is a wonderful way of coping about the country of Dublin and viewing how people live in the country. It was interesting to tour the country using a mental image that guided me along with Joyces words. Joyce used impressive and descriptive words to secernate the surroundings in Dublin, much(prenominal) as glow of a late autumn sunset which gave me a feeling of serenity and full color description. Joyce used the color gold more than once in her writing, which I assumed was a color that she closely associated with the country of Dublin.In one of Joyces short stories, I found it very interesting when she told about Gallaher, from the title, A Little Cloud and told about the cosmos returning from London and she had a way of clearly describing the man as dirty and dear. Gallaher brought interesting dodging to the short stories because he was fitting to bring in a different perspective of Dublin, be cause he wasnt one that resided in the country. Joyce, in my opinion, possessed a shaft and hate relationship with Dublin.The author would tell stories of the country which left you feeling as if you never wanted to go there, but would then he would leave you feeling as if you had a deep respect for the country and the people who lived there. In the short story, The Dead Joyce talks about a marriage that was all wrong and failed because the relationship was full of hypocrisy and lies. The secrets destroyed the marriage, but at the same time, I exchangeabled and appreciated how the author was still able to show the love that was in the failing relationship.Joyce was able to teach me that its okay to still love someone, even though there are problems. I was able to see that you can still love someone, even though they are not perfect. The story made me think of unconditional love. In some of the stories, the author was able to come across strongly when she told about alcoholism an d how it effected the lives of those who lived in Dublin. I was also able to feel sorry for the poor residents. It was sad how some of the Dublin citizens tried to escape the country only to end up in prison.It took some of the hope away that you had previously wished for and left a stagnant impression of Dublin. In the story, Mother, I found that it was depression that was the main point of and I found it to be, less than entertaining. It was interesting to see how the author was able to move the story from ones jejuneness to that of an adult. The author brought the words of the stories with anger at times and then gentleness with others. Joyce was able to display some(prenominal) good and bad emotions, from love to hate, and from depression to hope.The young characters in the story made me want to mountain range out to them. They seemed to be starving for affection and looked so helplessly for a means to escape from the country of Dublin. It was sad to see that hope diminish w ith the turning of the pages and watch as the young characters grew up to be defeated in their possibilities of escaping. The author stave with an artistic ability with the words he chose for the story. He spoke in rhythm and it was easy to follow his writing.He had a remarkable way of describing the characters in his short stories and a means to help me closely identify with the characters. His eyes burned with anguish and anger was a line at the end of one story that was more frightening than entertaining. The author spoke brusquely about what he was saying I could clearly see the rage in the eyes of the person. The character, Farrington is such an angry individual in the story Counterparts and you can sense a hatred in his character. You had to wonder if Dublin brought out the worst in everybody.Dublin is a country that I see as oppressed through the authors writing and I dont feel that Id racket visiting the country, in fear that some of the anger and depression may rub off on me. I sense too much struggle in the daily lives of Dubliners, some which manage to buy the farm with some hope and other characters that I just saw no hope for their eventual happiness. Joyce seemed nipping and agitated in his writing when he talked about Dublin as if he had some example of hate for the country.But, in the end you have to ask yourself if he really did hate the place as much as he tried to make you believe he did. His writing was extremely yeasty and interesting and Im happy that I read each of the short stories because I did learn so much the people who lived in Dublin. Their lives seemed so dull and full of despair which reminded be how aureate I am to be able to live in a great country like The United States of America. The author very successful at opening up my imagination and I mat up like I was in Dublin with the characters.I would have like to been capable of intervening for many a(prenominal) of the characters, which is why I feel that Dubliner was a book that made me feel and react with several emotions. Dubliners by James Joyce is a story that I leave alone always remember, but not with fondness. I will never forget the characters or the country of Dublin. I didnt realize how old the book real was, and I found it very impressive to read about the stories of Dublin in the early years. Joyce, James, 1914, Dubliners Penguin assort