>book arrives in mail
>start to read it
>realize that I'm way too awake to get through even one column
>read it later at night
>realize that I'm way too tired to comprehend any of it
Did I buy into the meme?
>>7750508
no, you're just a dimwit
>>7750508
>too awake to get through even one column
get an attention span
>>7750508
>>realize that I'm way too awake to get through even one column
How are awake to read something? What does this even mean?
Anyway, I just finished it today. What an amazing ending, I had to reread it aloud to myself and it brought me to tears, the scene described was ridiculously beautiful. Still, I feel like the great passages was far from each other and it was tough to get through many of the chapters. Will it get easier with next read-through?
Also, I didn't even read Hamlet before approaching it. Shot myself in the foot there.
Is Mulligan a NEET?
>>7750508
>too awake to get through even one column
my sides are in critical condition
You read it on June 16 and it'll be fine. If you're arrested before you get to the brothel, you're doing it right.
>>7750508
>too awake to get through even one column
Madness. Cultivate mindfulness so you arent wasting energy on your ADHD
I'm guessing you're just a /li/ newbie who started reading maybe 6 months and always read that Ulysses is the greatest book in the western canon and really wanted to experience it but just realize you don't have the lifetime of exposure to the western canon required to enjoy it.
>>7751046
He's a med student. Or at least the guy he was based on was one.
>>7751487
Yeah pretty much.
Should I just go back to shitty meme books?
>>7751487
You don't need a lifetime of exposure to the western canon to enjoy it. Whoever came up with that meme is retarded.
>>7751528
You could read the very basic literature one should read before Ulysses which is something like The Illiad, The Odyssey, Divine Comedy, Hamlet, Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
>>7750508
why the fuck do you waste money when you can just read a few capthers on the internet and decide byourself???
Anyway, im glad that idiots like you get what deserve.
>>7751540
>He thinks he understands Ulysses
>>7751572
>he thinks "enjoy" means "understand"
>>7751580
>He finds enjoyment without understanding
>>7751588
>emotions must have rational justifications
Stephen and the rest of the characters chapters are really interesting but Bloom's put me to sleep, they're so goddamn mundane.
>>7751765
I'm only about 250 pages in, but I think otherwise.
Stephen is really sympathetic and Bloom is entertaining because of his dry humour, but everyone else is just so bland.
