“For Hugh always made her feel, as he bustled on, raising his hat rather extravagantly and assuring her that she might be a girl of eighteen,”
This quote leads to Mrs. Dalloway’s stream of consciousness leading to a past memory of Peter. I think it shows how human she is in the fact that sometimes throughout our day we see things that remind us of a past event and lead our minds to wander back into the past.
Author: Kaitlyn Catalano
Emotions
“His tormentors set off towards Jone’s Road, laughing and jeering at him while he, torn and flushed and panting, stumbled after them half blinded with tears, clenching his fist madly and sobbing” (Joyce 69).
Through the first chapter our perception of Stephen dealing with his emotions or expressing it was rather passive. Contrary to chapter one, this chapter shows anger, anxiety and guilt.
Being an Artist
“‘A second chance- that’s the delusion. There never was to be but one. We work in the dark-we do what we can-we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art”
When making any type of art, becoming stuck in the mindset of making the piece perfect hinders the artist from creating. The text beautifully illustrates the observation of letting go through the development of Dencombe’s character.