Ulysses in Fifteen Minutes

[dorothy1901]

recessional must write an essay about A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. legionseagle expands on zir contention that Stephen is a tool.

Stephen is so obviously a tool that his toolishness is actually a theme of Ulysses. In fact, Ulysses (which I enjoyed) can be summarised as follows:

( Episode One. Stephen demands his own feelings be respected in the smallest particular while being nasty about everyone else's. )