James Joyce was an Irish, born in Dublin February 2, 1882. He was a son of a talented father James Joyce. Joyce primary education was catholic largely teached by Jesuits. Joyce attended the Irish schools of Clongowes Wood College from ages 6 to 9 and later Belvedere College from ages 11- 16, before finally landing at University College Dublin (2277). From an early age Joyce saw himself as a rebel and began rejecting his catholic faith in favor of literary mission where he sought rebellion and exile. Joyce perp-lexically wrote only and always of Dublin (2277) Joyce was in loved with its Dublin atmosphere, its history and its typography (2277). As many of the authors we have read about, Joyce also had a problem with alcohol which leads him …show more content…
Joyce uses the imagination of two children who, despite the growing darkness “the cold air stung us and we played until our bodies glowed” (2279) they seem to enjoy their surroundings. Joyce uses these events in depth and implies symbolic significance towards the youth and their imaginations. The conditions of the neighborhood are poor and unwanted but the children seem to look at the world in a magical or imaginary way. “Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses where we ran the gantlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odors arose from the ash pits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness” (2279) Joyce’s uses consciousness to examine small happenings in everyday lives and expand it. Joyce's use of consciousness and imaginative writing, to show the escape tool used by the protagonist from the real life he lived. Joyce study of language and the use he gave to it to show describe every small detail can exemplify his love for literature and the devotion he found to be that of an artist whom he felt he