The Impossibility in the Quest for Adventure Growing up in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, James Joyce experienced the hardships plaguing Irish society first-hand. Born just forty years after the Great Famine, he frequently heard about the mass suffering that killed over a million of the Irish people. This suffering continued even decades later as his family lived in dire poverty and constant struggle. To escape such harsh and stifling conditions, Joyce spent much of his youth wandering the streets of Dublin. As a result, many of his struggles and realizations mirror the struggles and realizations of the characters in his short stories. In “Eveline” and “A Little Cloud,” Joyce emphasizes the futility he found in the quest for adventure in order to escape reality. In his short story “Eveline,” Joyce illustrates the impossibility of escaping from the harsh realities of a difficult home situation and
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