James Joyce Research Paper

One of the most interesting people you can be around, are composers, like James Joyce. He led an interesting life. He was well known for his brilliantness in composing, poems, and songs to a well-known twentieth century Irish novelist. James Joyce would be in the middle of a conversation and would stop to write little phrases and humorous words in pieces of paper. He would gather the pieces of paper throughout his day and as soon as he got home, he would use them for his work. Joyce is a true fighter of life. One can interpret his life being financially unstable, sickness to a successful and well-known person. James Joyce life struggles did not happen in vain. Because of his quirkiness and for not giving up despite the curveballs life threw

Joyce was the oldest of ten children in his family. In the biography James Joyce, author Stewart John says, “In a young age Joyce was sent to fashionable Jesuit boarding school...” (5). Joyce’s father, John Joyce recognized Joyce intelligence at a very young age. In the biography James Joyce by Richard Ellmann says, "John Joyce was not slow in forming the highest opinion of his oldest son. He grandly determined to give him the best education in Ireland" (26). What seemed like a stable and happy home soon had a complete turn, when John became blind of his priorities to his family and beautiful home.

John Joyce was too accustomed to high living subsist on his low income… He blamed his misfortunes on imaginary ‘enemies’ and turned on his family, rancorous because their support curtailed his consumption of alcohol, though it did not do very much. To himself he was never a poor man, always a rich man who had suffered reverses. His family too accepted the state of poverty without ever accepting the word. (Ellmann

Joyce could have given up and let the pain consume him, but he didn’t. In 1922, his iritis returned. It became so painful, that he consulted a French ophthalmologist. Joyce was able to find a new doctor who helped him and went through surgery. He recovered from his pain but his eyesight was still limited. Regardless, his wife stood by his side and loved him. Towards the end of Joyce’s life he became so blind that he no longer could walk without help of others. He did outrages things to keep his eyesight from becoming worse such as morphine and even went to extent of putting leeches in his