Religion, it is one of the main themes in The Dubliners, it can consistently be found in Joyce’s book of short story. It can all be traced back to Joyce’s experiences with religion as a youngster. He developed a dislike of religion, finding hypocrisy in it. Religion becomes the key of the stories and you begin to search for the religious factors of each story. The key is to find the character that …showed first 75 words of 741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 741 total…in a life that he isn’t sure he wants. He becomes aware of this trapped feeling and he creates a moral and spiritual paralysis that prevents him from escaping. Religion is obviously an aspect that Joyce did not think highly of. He felt it was to full of rules. Don’t ask questions and mind your business. James left Ireland for this reason. Joyce asked this question, you can’t live without asking questions?