Thursday December 27, 2012 (morning):
Buck brushes it off and advises Stephen not to "mope over it all day" then goes in. Stephen thinks back on his dying mother.
I need to get a bookmark - it doesn't really work when you dog ear every page. This page is the most stream of consciousness yet. A cored apple filled with brown sugar, an invisible boy, etc. it's very effective in this case.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Page 14-15
Tuesday December 31, 2012 (morning):
The milk lady comes and talks to them. Buck is a medical student. She is a symbol of Ireland, but she can't speak Irish. Haines thinks everyone in Ireland should speak Irish. "Sure we ought to," is her reply.Haines is from England.
A new year and I already messed up and skipped a page. Sorry. So today we have two pages. I could tell the milk lady was a symbol of something, but I already know from Sparknotes that it is Ireland AND that Buck is a medical student AND that Haines is English. Oh well.
The milk lady comes and talks to them. Buck is a medical student. She is a symbol of Ireland, but she can't speak Irish. Haines thinks everyone in Ireland should speak Irish. "Sure we ought to," is her reply.Haines is from England.
A new year and I already messed up and skipped a page. Sorry. So today we have two pages. I could tell the milk lady was a symbol of something, but I already know from Sparknotes that it is Ireland AND that Buck is a medical student AND that Haines is English. Oh well.
Page 13
Sunday December 30, 2012 (morning):
Buck makes "strong tea" according to Haines. The three eat; Buck teases Haines apparently about his interest in Irish folk. The milk arrives.
Buck is being annoying again. Does he carry on like this forever? Wait, this is The Odyssey, right? So if Stephen is Telemachus, is Buck Mentor? I read some of the summary and analysis on Sparknotes for the section I have read so far.
Buck makes "strong tea" according to Haines. The three eat; Buck teases Haines apparently about his interest in Irish folk. The milk arrives.
Buck is being annoying again. Does he carry on like this forever? Wait, this is The Odyssey, right? So if Stephen is Telemachus, is Buck Mentor? I read some of the summary and analysis on Sparknotes for the section I have read so far.
Page 12
Saturday December 29, 2012 (late afternoon):
Buck, Stephen, and Haines sit down to breakfast. Buck is "in a sudden pet" because the lady who brings the milk for the tea is late, but Haines sees her coming.
I go to the Sparknotes character list to look up Haines - is he the one who dreams of killing panthers? It says he is a student staying at the Martello tower where Stephen and Buck (real name Malachi) live.
Buck, Stephen, and Haines sit down to breakfast. Buck is "in a sudden pet" because the lady who brings the milk for the tea is late, but Haines sees her coming.
I go to the Sparknotes character list to look up Haines - is he the one who dreams of killing panthers? It says he is a student staying at the Martello tower where Stephen and Buck (real name Malachi) live.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Page 11
Friday Dec. 28, 2012 (early evening):
Stephen finishes thinking about his mother, who was out of her mind when she died. Today he gets paid, and offers to give some money to Buck so they can "have a merry time, Drinking whiskey, beer and wine," sings Buck, off to have breakfast.
Stephen mentions Clongowes, which is a school he went to in artist. When does Bloom show up?
Stephen finishes thinking about his mother, who was out of her mind when she died. Today he gets paid, and offers to give some money to Buck so they can "have a merry time, Drinking whiskey, beer and wine," sings Buck, off to have breakfast.
Stephen mentions Clongowes, which is a school he went to in artist. When does Bloom show up?
Page 9
Wednesday Dec. 26, 2012 (morning):
Stephen tells Buck that he was offended by the flippant way Buck spoke after The death of Mrs. Daedalus, calling her "beastly dead." As a medical student(?) this is how Buck chooses to see death.
Ah! Another day that ends in a cliff hanger! Buck turns to say something to Stephen and that's the end of the page! I re-read the last few lines of the last page and I quite like Buck now! He's a softy, it's all just pretend bravado with him. :)
Stephen tells Buck that he was offended by the flippant way Buck spoke after The death of Mrs. Daedalus, calling her "beastly dead." As a medical student(?) this is how Buck chooses to see death.
Ah! Another day that ends in a cliff hanger! Buck turns to say something to Stephen and that's the end of the page! I re-read the last few lines of the last page and I quite like Buck now! He's a softy, it's all just pretend bravado with him. :)
Page 8
Tuesday Dec. 25, 2012 (morning):
Buck wants to know what Stephen is upset about, but it's not the man with the dreams. So what is it? "Do you remember the first day I went to your house after my mother's death?" Stephen asks.
Today is the first day I am really tempted to read ahead - what IS wrong with Stephen? What DID happen that day? I guess I'll have to wait. I'm already to part/chapter three of Artist and young Stephen is wallowing in sin, becoming hardened to the world?
Buck wants to know what Stephen is upset about, but it's not the man with the dreams. So what is it? "Do you remember the first day I went to your house after my mother's death?" Stephen asks.
Today is the first day I am really tempted to read ahead - what IS wrong with Stephen? What DID happen that day? I guess I'll have to wait. I'm already to part/chapter three of Artist and young Stephen is wallowing in sin, becoming hardened to the world?
Page 7
Monday Dec. 24, 2012 (late morning):
Buck finally finishes shaving and talking about Stephen's second-hand clothes. Stephen refuses a pair if grey pants. "He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers," says Buck. Stephen is not pleased at the look of his own face in a cracked servant's mirror.
I'm reading Artist and it's really coming along. It's funny to read about the boy and the man.
Buck finally finishes shaving and talking about Stephen's second-hand clothes. Stephen refuses a pair if grey pants. "He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers," says Buck. Stephen is not pleased at the look of his own face in a cracked servant's mirror.
I'm reading Artist and it's really coming along. It's funny to read about the boy and the man.
Page 6
Sunday Dec. 23, 2012 (late morning):
Stephen is poor and his mother is dead. He and Buck (who is still not done shaving and who has an aunt who blames Stephen for the desth of Mrs. Daedalus) watch a boat over the parapet. Buck has lent/will lend some clothes to Stephen whom he calls "poor dogsbody!"
I go back and read the bottom of the last page to follow what was happening. Did Stephen's mother die in Artist? I don't like Buck - I get the character type who makes tons of allusions and wishes he could teach everyone Greek, but I decidedly do not like him. He goes too far to be charmingly eccentric. I look up "hyperborean" and I think Buck is saying, "I'm as cold as you, but even I would kneel down if my dying mother asked me to." Maybe he's just pretending to be annoying. I start re-reading A Portrait of the Artist (last time was more than 15 years ago).
Stephen is poor and his mother is dead. He and Buck (who is still not done shaving and who has an aunt who blames Stephen for the desth of Mrs. Daedalus) watch a boat over the parapet. Buck has lent/will lend some clothes to Stephen whom he calls "poor dogsbody!"
I go back and read the bottom of the last page to follow what was happening. Did Stephen's mother die in Artist? I don't like Buck - I get the character type who makes tons of allusions and wishes he could teach everyone Greek, but I decidedly do not like him. He goes too far to be charmingly eccentric. I look up "hyperborean" and I think Buck is saying, "I'm as cold as you, but even I would kneel down if my dying mother asked me to." Maybe he's just pretending to be annoying. I start re-reading A Portrait of the Artist (last time was more than 15 years ago).
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Page 5
Saturday Dec. 22, 2012 (morning):
Buck shaves and wipes his razor on Stephen's handkerchief which Buck calls "[t]he Bard's noserag." Stephen is worried because a man staying with them was talking in his sleep about shooting a black panther.
I look up the word "dactyl" and then read the "context" section of Sparknotes. I think about re-reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and/or The Odyssey. I start this blog.
Buck shaves and wipes his razor on Stephen's handkerchief which Buck calls "[t]he Bard's noserag." Stephen is worried because a man staying with them was talking in his sleep about shooting a black panther.
I look up the word "dactyl" and then read the "context" section of Sparknotes. I think about re-reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and/or The Odyssey. I start this blog.
Page 4 (it starts on page 4)
Friday Dec. 21, 2012 (early evening).
Buck is getting ready to shave and makes fun of Stephen's last name (Daedalus) for being an "absurd name, an ancient Greek!"
I decide to read only a page a day, even though there are 563 pages in this edition (it is the 2012 Simon & Brown paperback seen below).
Buck is getting ready to shave and makes fun of Stephen's last name (Daedalus) for being an "absurd name, an ancient Greek!"
I decide to read only a page a day, even though there are 563 pages in this edition (it is the 2012 Simon & Brown paperback seen below).
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