James Joyce Research Paper

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 – 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet. He was the eldest son of ten surviving children of Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane Murray.He received a strict Catholic education, attending several Jesuit schools in Dublin before studying philosophy and languages at the University College, Dublin. Joyce's childhood was marked by constant moves and persistent financial difficulties. In his early twenties James Joyce emigrated permanently to continental Europe. Despite living overseas for most of his life, Joyce continued to write about his home city, excusing himself with the following comment: "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained the universal."(Ellman, p. 505, citing power, from an old Waterford house (London, n.d.), p. 63-64.)
He focuses on females, their imbalanced relationship with males and the consequences of such relationships. Joyce's way of representing females is honest and it is very informative as well as educating. He says that in some cases of male-female sexual relationship the male can simply leave and go on with his life ”...he can go his way as if nothing had happened, having had his moment of pleasure...” (Joyce, 1993:45). In some other cases, the man would have to pay money for the girl to her mother “Some mothers would be content to patch up such an affair for sum of money...” (Joyce, 1993:45). This is an actual description of how women were considered and treated like sexual products. The men were raised to lead and take charge, while women, on the other hand, were taught that their place is to keep peace, and in most scenarios that means obey “You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is like a woman” (Joyce, www.dictionary-quotes.com, 6 March