An Analysis Of Why Jimmy Doyle (of Dubliners by James Joyce) Will Never Succeed

'An analysis of why Jimmy Doyle will never succeed in life due to his father'         In 'After The Race', by James Joyce in the book 'Dubliners', the main character, Jimmy Doyle will be an unproductive citizen, fooling around with his friends and living off of his father's money for the rest of his life. In this short story he demonstrated that he doesn't realize the value of money, because he has never had to work …

…reliant upon him. Although Jimmy's father only wants the best for his son, he is actually doing a disservice to his son by paying up all of his bills, not pushing him to finish college, only wanting him to make friends in high places and generally show people that he can do all that because he has money. Essentially Jimmy's dad is spoiling him and because of it Jimmy will never succeed on his on.