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Stephen Dedalus’s boss at the school where he teaches, Deasy is an impassioned defender of the British Empire. He also gives Stephen the letter on foot and mouth disease that eventually gets published in the day’s papers. Because he is pretentious, out-of-touch, and interested in publishing a letter with no literary value, he serves as a character foil to Stephen’s literary, professional, and political ambitions.
Garrett Deasy Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Garrett Deasy or refer to Garrett Deasy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Episode 2: Nestor
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—History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
From the playfield the boys raised a shout. A whirring whistle: goal. What if that nightmare gave you a back kick?
—The ways of the Creator are not our ways, Mr Deasy said. All human history moves towards one great goal, the manifestation of God.
Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying:
—That is God.
Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee!
—What? Mr Deasy asked.
—A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.
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Garrett Deasy Quotes in Ulysses
The Ulysses quotes below are all either spoken by Garrett Deasy or refer to Garrett Deasy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Episode 2: Nestor
Quotes
—History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
From the playfield the boys raised a shout. A whirring whistle: goal. What if that nightmare gave you a back kick?
—The ways of the Creator are not our ways, Mr Deasy said. All human history moves towards one great goal, the manifestation of God.
Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying:
—That is God.
Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee!
—What? Mr Deasy asked.
—A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
