Jordan Wells Week 3

In the story "Counterparts" we meet Farrington who works as a copy man. To go along with Joyce's theme of the book, Farrington hated his job. Farrington is always thinking about drinking. He is a heavy alcoholic and is always thinking about his next drink. He leaves his job early so he can go to the pubs to drink. He uses the excuse that he is stressed out at work to help feed his alcohol addiction. Farrington does put up with abuse at his job. His boss abuses him, can't say he doesn't deserve it. This abuse leads him to taking out his stress and anger on his son. Of course, the drinking does not help his anger. There are many various themes and morals in this story. It is apparent that Ireland does have a major drinking problem. After reading the other stories is is also apparents that Ireland may have many other problems, and htey expect others to fix their problems. I liked this story more so than the other stories in this book. I feel like this story has stressed a major issue in our world today.