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Here is a letter except from Joyce to his brother Stainslus, 1905ĭo you not think the search for heroics damn vulgar?. He lost friends to militaristic violence so I imagine it would have deeply affected him (and the whole world, for that matter: 'The War to End All Wars'). The book is named after Odysseus and Joyce was writing during WWI. I remember looking for themes of war and violence as part of my reading. I wrote a long post about violence and it got refreshed away. Question: What is Ulysses about? How do you respond to the question when someone asks you about it? i'm sure i will have missed a few but I don't think the novel would have been the same without all your shared insights! I want to give a big shout-out to everyone that participated (and apologies that it all lagged towards the end), and particularly to the regular contributors pmollony, larsenio, wecanreadit, wiseoak. She would weave her tapestry by day, and unweave each day's work at night. She stalled her many suitors by saying she would wed again only after she had finished a tapestry she was making. Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus, who waited many years for her husband's return. As she lies in bed Molly thinks of her singing engagements, wonders what Bloom has been doing, thinks about her lovers and especially about Boylan's visit that afternoon, remembers her first meeting with Bloom, and drifts toward sleep. The episode is presented in eight unpunctuated sentences. The Bed flesh - earth monologue ) All of this forty-five page episode is Molly Bloom's stream of consciousness as she lies awake after Bloom comes to bed.

August! I didn't finish till the end of September. Here is the original schedule with all the links back to other discussions.