Joyce once said that in Dubliner she intended "to write a chapter of the moral history of Ireland, because Dublin seemed to him to be at the "centre of paralysis. " What do you think he meant by that? If you were to write a chapter of the moral history of your country, which city would you choose to be at the center? Why?
A recurring theme in many of the stories in Dublinersis a longing for.....
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