Bloomsday: 'How to read Ulysses? Gleefully. It offers a panoramic excursion into the life of normal humans – not warriors, not leaders,' wrote the late Eileen Battersby in this piece from the archives Bloomsday2023 Bloomsday
Bloomsday, Dalkey Book Festival, Body & Soul, Borris, Sea Sessions, Beyond the Pale and more: here’s what you need to knowAn unnamed narrator acting as a compere reports on events in the pub culminating in The Citizen’s demented rant to which Bloom offers a spirited counterattack.Turn back to the early pages and watch Bloom preparing breakfast, feeding the cat, visiting the privy and all the while his thoughts ramble randomly.
It is easy to laugh along with Bloom, yet he is a man possessed of a sense of justice. Though living in a misogynistic society and given to lascivious musings, he is sympathetic to women. Here is an Edwardian male who, having done the shopping, serves his wife breakfast in bed and laments the lack of public toilets available to ladies “caught short”. Opposed to war and all forms of violence, for Bloom true heroism is the act of childbirth.
Stephen sets off to his lowly teaching job. Having dealt with his pupils, he then collects his earnings from Mr Deasy who lectures him on the virtue of saving. Joyce makes it clear that Stephen also has doubts. It is an important exchange because it reveals a rare instance of humility from Stephen Dedalus, not the most appealing of heroes and one who is invariably overshadowed by the likeable Bloom.
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