"It's bad for children": Suppression of Emerging Adulthood in James Joyce's "The Sisters"
**It has been a hot second since I last posted anything. Several of my writings are currently submitted for publication and thus cannot be published online at the moment. For now, here is a sample of some literary criticism for the time being. It lacks sources other than Joyce's writings which I lament but it was for an assignment. So enjoy a little bit of Joycean criticism. https://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.3347820.1515362811!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_620_330/image.jpg In 1904, a native Dubliner by the name of James Joyce wrote a short story called “The Sisters.” This short story later became a part of a collection of stories entitled Dubliners . Scholars agree that this story is told from the perspective of a young boy. Joyce portrays this young narrator through the way he is treated and referred to as a child throughout the piece. The adults in the story expect the narrator to follow always and not to act-- or speak-- for himself. While this specific...