I looked at this book and found it oddly written, its written through the mind of Leonard and we see his imagination and thoughts, its modernity was suprising to see. The book took alot of Freuds ideas with the mind structure of Id, Ego and Superego. You can see through the book that Joyce believes the mind to be complex but working with these structures in mind he finds it to help with his character. I also think the way in which he portrays the different relationships in the book is very similar to Freuds theory, the son resenting his father is a key example of this. He talks of different religions a lot in the book not really believing in any, he seems not to like religion very much with the way he attacks it. To Leonard the Catholic Church is old fashioned so he doesn't believe it so he belittles it. You can see that he cares about what people think very much in the book and is careful about how he acts in public, the Ego is being used.
I think the main message of Ulysses is the human mind and how it works. I believe that the human mind is a complex thing and Leonard is just a usual man. The book seems so hard to read because you are reading it as though you were in the mind of someone else, so their thoughts baffle you because each person thinks in a different way. Our imaginations are also something that happen everyday so from reading this, when it goes from abstract to reality is hard, but the sheer modernity of this book is genius. Not everyone will get the book or particularly like it but it is something to be admired, it broke the line into being creative with your writing allowing the reader to take on a new role. I believe the book works really well as a text doing its job to keep the audience guessing.
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