Examine the world of possibility alive in the minds of the young protagonists and the images of paralysis and sterility that surround them. How does this contrast help to expand Joyce's overall message?

Was giving by lincoln on march 4, 1865-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close-lincolns address of 703 words was the second shortest inaugural address-lincoln mentions god 14 times-505 of the words were one syllable -he used the word "war" or it's pronoun 9 times