The article makes note that society has turned people's dissatisfaction in themselves into a market by providing exaggerated self-help guides that reduce change to a consumer item. ... People view change in character and self as a recipe which can be implemented with a "quick fix", a "motivational seminar", books on "self-improvement" and "self-awareness. ... She also discusses change as viewed by modern society, change as a marketable commodity leading to commercialism and quick fixes offered by the many self-help books and motivational seminars and workshops. ...

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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 by reputation, and thus expecting others to know of the same reputation), such as the Moulin Rouge and "all the bohemian cafes,"" Chandl...

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