To my Ulysses plot summary, sent to me by my dad:
1. Bloom does not share a carriage with Dedalus on their way to the cemetary. He is in the cab with Stephen Dedalus’ father, who is kind of a Dublin legend – and quite disappointing as a father. Yet, in some tragic way, he is also very beloved. In this way, Bloom’s and Dedalus’ paths almost cross … but not quite.
2. It’s not a homeless shelter where they go and have a meal at 1 in the morning – it’s a cabbie shelter – filled with off-duty cabbies. The cabbies represent the sailors in the Odyssey.
3. Leopold Bloom is at the newspaper office to sell advertisements. He is, perhaps, self-employed – goes around to businesses, etc., and tries to get advertisements placed in newspapers.
Just so there ain’t no confusion when you pick up the book. Well … there will, inevitably be confusion … but I certainly don’t want to ADD to it!
