In the Country of the One-Eyed Giant, the Two-Eyed Man is in Danger: Conflicts, Nationality and Religion in James Joyce’s Ulysses (“Nestor” and “Cyclops”)
In the Country of the One-Eyed Giant, the Two-Eyed Man is in Danger: Conflicts, Nationality and Religion in James Joyce’s Ulysses (“Nestor” and “Cyclops”)

Summary/Abstract: Two chapters of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses, “Nestor” and “Cyclops”, could be read as illustrative of the idea of violence and conflicts which are opposed by broader perspectives on life involving faith as well. In “Nestor”, the background is Mr. Deasy’s school, Deasy, the headmaster overtly showing his anti-Semitic and colonial historical attitude, countered by Stephen’s more comprehensive vision of history and manifestations of divinity. In “Cyclops”, in Barney Kiernan’s pub, through the use of the technique of gigantism [1], the Citizen is depicted as domineering in attitude, exposing his hatred against foreigners and Jews, only with Leopold Bloom contradicting him, preaching love – the basic tenet of any religious belief- and standing up for his Irishness and Jewishness.

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