Dead Kennedys

The Dead Kennedys were one of the United States’s most influential hardcore punk bands, and were composed of Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher) on vocals, East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) on guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Ted (Bruce Slesinge) on drums, and finally 6025 (Carlos Cadona) on rhythm guitar. Not only were they influential in their style, but they caused stirs by the extreme and controversial nature of their political statements. The band formed in San Francisco in 1978; the city was a breeding ground for provocative art at the time as it was a hub for hippies, radicals, outcasts, and the drugs they brought with them. The myriad of cultures mixed together allowed for a general openness and lead to the rise of the…

“Eveline’s Visitant” by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and “The Dead” by James Joyce are both short stories that show strong examples of a “haunting”. A haunting is something or someone from a past time that reoccurs in appearance or in thought, usually bad or regrettable. Although both stories represent a haunting throughout the story, each author efficiently portrays two separate types of a haunting: one being a ghost, and one being a past. Braddon’s short story “Eveline’s Visitant” tells a tale of…

Gabriel Conroy, the protagonist of sorts within “The Dead,” is noted as the “favourite” nephew by his aunts (Joyce 152). Gabriel therefore served as the patriarch of the family after many of his elder relatives have passed away. His mother, Ellen, is noted by his aunts to have been “the brains carrier of the Morkan family” (Joyce 162). She chose her sons’ names because she valued life and was very sensible of the dignity of family life. She had a very sullen outlook on Gabriel’s marriage to…

Throughout his short story “A Little Cloud,” James Joyce considers the ramifications of remaining sedentary in Dublin through his characters Little Chandler and Ignatius Gallaher. That Little Chandler and Gallaher seem so antithetical, despite their proximity and similar upbringings, invites the reader to question whether Joyce intends to insinuate that success is only possible outside of Dublin, and that ambition and Celtic nationalism are incongruous. Having left Ireland at twenty years old,…

James Joyce’s Dubliners, a collection of short stories, examines Irish life in the late nineteeth century and early twentieth century through the use of complex characters and multifacteted plots. Three of these stories, “Ivy Day in the Committee Room,” “A Mother,” and “Grace,” focuse exclusively on public life. In Joyce’s eyes, public life in Dublin was run by politics, art, and religion. While each of these stories takes on a different subtopic of public life, they share an overarching theme.…

To best understand this, one must examine the text and Gabriel’s actions within it. Throughout “The Dead,” Gabriel works to live an admirable and generous life for those around him, striving to be personable, respected, and refined. However, occasionally, light shines through the cracks in his character. In his first interaction with Lily, when he asks her about possible wedding plans, she replies “with great bitterness.” Gabriel is caught off guard; his first response is to “reaffirm the…

paralysis, as well as the symbols of yellow and brown, and the motif of death. His last story The Dead is the be-all end-all of the collection. It is regarded as perhaps Joyce’s greatest story, and it encompasses all his previous…

Based on the reading The Dead by James Joyce, men are being categorized as the ultimate authority that has to deal with certain precautions and always be aware and is responsible for society’s behavior. Gabriel Conroy, the main character, is having a nicely dinner with his aunts Kate and Julia while having as company other neighbors and friends. This event, made possible by the two aunts, causes certain discomfort around the main character and a few of their guests as they start discussing…

and how much she has changed. Gabriel is a connection to the messenger angel who is probably coming down to give a message to the wife. The author portrays him as realizing the wife is no longer the same women she was when Michael Fury gave his life for her. Also, he reveals that Aunt Julie is soon to die. This idea is presented with the use of imagery, diction, and motif. First of all, the author utilizes imagery to portray the aspects of Gabriel. For example, when he says “ he would soon be…

In James Joyce’s “The Dead” he utilizes symbolism, motifs, and themes to examine if man is selfish about morality while exhibiting that death coexists with life. The condition of a man is meaningful in the journey he takes to find the purpose of his own being but also to acknowledge that spirit and body can be unlinked. The story amplifies a dialogue between Gabriel Conroy's awareness and what he genuinely is blind to, such as his profound connections with himself and others around him, but his…