As if all this wasn't enough, Bloom must contend with being Jewish in an Ireland corrupted by anti-Semitism, and must prove his Irishness to the boors of the burgeoning nationalist movement, and he must also eat againBloom consumes as much as Stephen Dedalus does notand continually assemble his ex
The Blooms are not a happy couple, and I remember a fierce debate in my Joyce class as to whether they'd still be married come next June 16. Their desires are irresolvably different: even as Leopold is considering bringing Stephen Dedalus around as a son, Molly is thinking of sleeping with him. But