Jaun's Farewell and Departure

Finnegans Wake

This flow follows Jaun as he leaves the girls of the night school, bids farewell to his sister, and begins a journey toward an uncertain future.

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Bearing strength in each event

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The Girls Gather The Girls Gather from "Finnegans Wake". The Girls Gather A lively schoolroom world Jaun enters a scene populated by young women, music, and playful attention.

The Girls Gather from "Finnegans Wake". The Girls Gather A lively schoolroom world Jaun enters a scene populated by young women, music, and playful attention.

The Girls Gather A lively schoolroom world Jaun enters a scene populated by young women, music, and playful attention. The teacher becomes an object of desire The gathering makes his public role inseparable from flirtation and performance.

Jaun Performs His Charm Jaun Performs His Charm from "Finnegans Wake". Jaun Performs His Charm A persuasive farewell voice Jaun speaks with theatrical warmth, combining advice, humor, and self-display.

Jaun Performs His Charm from "Finnegans Wake". Jaun Performs His Charm A persuasive farewell voice Jaun speaks with theatrical warmth, combining advice, humor, and self-display.

Jaun Performs His Charm A persuasive farewell voice Jaun speaks with theatrical warmth, combining advice, humor, and self-display. Authority is also courtship His public counsel blurs into emotional and erotic performance.

A Sister's Private Message A Sister's Private Message from "Finnegans Wake". A Sister's Private Message A tender farewell Jaun and his sister share an intimate exchange as his departure becomes imminent.

A Sister's Private Message from "Finnegans Wake". A Sister's Private Message A tender farewell Jaun and his sister share an intimate exchange as his departure becomes imminent.

A Sister's Private Message A tender farewell Jaun and his sister share an intimate exchange as his departure becomes imminent. Affection complicates separation Her personal gift turns his public journey into a family parting.

The Journey Begins The Journey Begins from "Finnegans Wake". The Journey Begins A traveler moves onward Jaun takes leave and turns toward an uncertain route beyond the immediate gathering.

The Journey Begins from "Finnegans Wake". The Journey Begins A traveler moves onward Jaun takes leave and turns toward an uncertain route beyond the immediate gathering.

The Journey Begins A traveler moves onward Jaun takes leave and turns toward an uncertain route beyond the immediate gathering. Departure remains unfinished The text treats the journey as a beginning rather than a completed adventure.

A Return Is Promised A Return Is Promised from "Finnegans Wake". A Return Is Promised Parting opens a future Jaun leaves behind promises of renewed contact and return.

A Return Is Promised from "Finnegans Wake". A Return Is Promised Parting opens a future Jaun leaves behind promises of renewed contact and return.

A Return Is Promised Parting opens a future Jaun leaves behind promises of renewed contact and return. Absence joins the cycle His farewell echoes the book's wider pattern of departures that remain open to repetition.

At the opening of Jaun's night-school scene

During his address to the girls

Just before Jaun leaves

At Jaun's departure from the school scene

In the closing farewell words