Sunday, May 17, 2009
A paralyzing epiphany
Within the various works of James Joyce, there appears the points in the books and short stories where there are paralysis and epiphanies, these are well implemented by Joyce in the story of "The Sisters." There appear within the work a few paralysis and epiphany moments, some literal and some not, for example, when the Priest is paralyzed his is literally paralyzed, he cannot move. Then there are events that are both paralyzing and epiphanies, like when the boy finally realizes that the Priest is dead, he is having the epiphany that the father is infact dead, yet he is paralyzed by the emotions he is feeling from a loss so overwhelming. These paralyzing and epiphany moments appear most evidently in the works of James Joyce, but upon closer inspection one can see that they are infact present in all works.
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Although this is short, it states the main points clearly. I also like the way you said that the boy's epiphany was also that his father was dead. This focuses sort of what we talked about in class about orphans and the lack of a father figure.
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