Dubliners: Discussing the Strategy of James Joyce

James Joyce uses different tactics to portray life and confront different issues in Ireland in his book, Dubliners. Joyce creates his characters with great detail and explanation. For instance, no eight-year-old boy uses "very truculent, grey and massive, with black cavernous nostrils and circled by a scanty white fur" to describe a dead man's face like he does in "The Sisters" (8). His use of language and different scenarios in Dubliners are, at times, not realistic, …

…imagine the situation. Also, his descriptive words set a more dramatic scene and so vividly explain the setting in stories that the good and bad aspects of Ireland must be acknowledged by the reader. Joyce believes that no one has really spoken out about anything but the beauty of his country. But Joyce tackles issues like death, social behavior, illusion, and alcoholism directly. His choice of subjects, tactics, and organization make him a great writer.