James Joyce Influences

James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882 in Rathgar, Republic of Ireland. He was an Irish novelist and poet. James Joyce is considered one of the most influential writers in the early 20th century. James Sullivan said, “James Joyce is a preeminent modernist writer and a great innovator (Magill's 1347). He wrote many novels and short stories, but some of his most famous are in a collection of short stories call Dubliners. In Dubliners there are many well-known stories such as “The Dead”, “The Sisters”, “Clay”, and “The Encounter.” There are many different aspects of his writing that make him one of the most influential writers. Some of those aspects are his themes, characterizations, and plots of his stories. One example is how most of his stories from Dubliners are dreadful and dark. The recurring themes throughout Dubliners are institutions,economic failure and the corruption of values, and finally paralysis.

Joyce is a master of style, and readers can find a different one for each of his major works (Magill’s 1342). This excerpt from Magill’s is an excellent way to describe James Joyce’s writing because it is a true statement.Throughout many of his works he use many different themes to make his stories more interesting to the reader, and one of those is his use of institutions. Throughout Dubliners Joyce make many hints about views on religion, what he thinks about the world, and views about politics. These thoughts and views are found in three short stories found in Dubliners. The first story is “A Mother” which gives the reader a view of the musical world seen in Dublin (Magill’s 1343). I “A Mother” it talks about a man further named Mr. Holohan who is trying to organize a concert in Dublin which would feature a young well-...

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...t about leaving her father and how she does not want to leave her father. This gives one of the best examples of paralysis because we can relate too. Her being paralysis caused her to leave Frank and go live with her father. The final of Joyce’s use of paralysis in Dubliners is found in “The Dead”. Although paralysis is found in many parts of the Dead the most important and noticeable is in a character called Gabriel. In “The Dead” Gabriel is tired and is sick of his country of Ireland. He says he really wants to leave the country that he grew up in and go to another country and find happiness and excitement. His feeling change before he is about to leave though when he is filled with paralysis and does not want to leave where he has live for so long. Although there are many themes that make up Dubliners, paralysis is definitely the most important and noticeable.