Alone: Loneliness and Isolation as a Result of Spiritual Paralysis in Dublin James Joyce is arguably the most talented writer of prose in the English language to ever to put ink to paper. In 1914, he published his book of short stories, Dubliners, after many hassles from various publishers. There are many common themes connecting the fifteen stories of the book, however, we would be foolish to try and even mention them all. So, one of …showed first 75 words of 1147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1147 total…his children, but the reader soon learns that when it came to isolating him self Farrington was extremely thorough. The story ends with Farrington Beating his son for no reason, effectively showing the severed nature of all of his ties to human relationships. By the end of the short story the reader can see that Farrington is completely alone by his own doing, because that is the way that Dublin has thought him to be.