Violence
StrongAn angry father pursues and strikes his young son with a stick; the child cries in pain and begs him to stop.
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Dubliners
Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, written from 1904 to 1907. First published in 1914, Dubliners presents a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle-class life in and around Dublin in the early twentieth century.
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Project Gutenberg ebook 2814, English text. Scope: Counterparts only, concluding passage; other stories unassessed. Only selected passages inspected; no full-book reading or assessment of other editions or adaptations.
Alcohol, drugs & smoking
ModerateThe father craves the public house after spending his money drinking; the passage also describes his drunken bullying at home.
Frightening & intense themes
StrongA frightened child cannot escape his father's violence and pleads for safety.
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