Ulysses: The Wandering Rocks

Ulysses: The Wandering Rocks
<Tab/>Joyce introduces some of Stephen's family members in the "Wandering Rocks" segment. He sets the scene to illustrate that they are impoverished in part due to their father's alcoholism. Stephen's sister, Katey asks about the whereabouts of Dilly (another sister). In response to this inquiry Maggy, proclaims, "Gone to meet father...Our father who art not in heaven" (226-227). This quotation can be interpreted in two ways; in the literal sense, Maggy is stating that her father is not in heaven, as in he will never be in heaven if he continu…