Joyce, Dubliners, After The Race Flashcards
“Through this Chanel of poverty…”
“Through this Chanel of poverty and inaction the continent sped its wealth and industry”
- antithesis, wealth of continental Europe parading through the deprivation of Ireland
P.30
How are the group members each described in the second paragraph?
Charles Segouin “the owner of the car”
Andre Rivière “A young electrician of Canadian birth”
Villona “huge Hungarian”
Jimmy Doyle “A neatly groomed young man”
P.30
Why are the man all described to be in good spirits by the narrator?
Sigouin “was in good humour because he had unexpectedly received some orders in advance (he was about to start a motor establishment in Paris)
Rivière “was in good spirits because he was about to be appointed manager of the establishment”
Villona “was an optimist by nature”
Doyle “the fourth member of the party, however, was too excited to be genuinely happy”
- superficiality of Doyle’s character. Has no reason to be happy, yet he is excited. Highlights his disillusionment, also his paralysis - other group members all progressing whiles he remains static
“His father, who had begun…”
“His father, who had begun life as an advanced nationalist, had modified his views early”
P.30
“He had been fortunate enough…”
“He had been fortunate enough to secure some of the police contracts”
- Doyle’s father started as an Irish nationalist, later abandoned his ideology by gaining wealth by obtaining police contracts, from the same colonial police who enforce British law in Ireland
P.30
“The clumps of people raised…”
“The clumps of people raised the cheer of the gratefully oppressed”
The Irish crowds share Jimmy Doyle’s state of disillusionment, cheering and celebrating the race despite being surrounded by poverty, brought about by the inequality espoused through colonial rule
P.30
“They drank Ireland, England…”
“They drank Ireland, England, France, Hungary, the United States of America”
P.34
‘He knew he would regret…’
‘He knew he would regret in the morning but at present he was glad of the rest’
What is the final line of the story?
‘Daybreak, gentlemen!’
