The common practices of clothing and manner are reachable endeavors for a man who does not have what he wants, nor is whom he likes. ... Joyce uses subtle sarcasm in noting this observation of fortune to be the culmination of his experiences, and one gets the logical impression that his life has been a largely unexamined one. ... As Gallaher begins to go into the details of naming the places he has been to (at the same time noting that he names the locations more than he gives any sort of personal reaction to them, an observation which says something about Gallaher as a sheep blindly attracted...

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