Part one of term paper
James Joyce’s The Dead opens with an annual get together of family and friends. Some readers question the necessity of this opening sequence. Most of the characters have little or no significance to the final result of the story. However, through their interaction and communication, the reader is introduced to the characters and the set ...

Part two of term paper
... Our first impression of him is that his arrival is eagerly awaited, "they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel: and that was what brought them every two minutes to the banister to ask Lily had Gabriel come?" (Joyce, 176). He is obviously significant to Miss Kate, Miss Julia, and Mary Jane. Soon after Gabriel arrives, insight is gained into the type of person that he is. He asks Lily if she’ll be married soon, to which she replies "The men that is now is only a palayer and what they can get ...