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Distinguishing Characteristics on the Writings of Cheever and Joyce James Joyce and John Cheever were two influential writers of the late 1800's and early 1900's. James Joyce was an Irish author that wrote various short stories, novels, and poems. In Dubliners, he is noted for his epiphanies and objective correlatives. John Cheever, is an American short-story writer and novelist whose work is known for his portrayals of the average middle-class American. His works include ironic …

…lready knew, Dublin. The main character usually had some representation of himself that showed his stream of consciousness. Both writers are similar in that they always have concrete conclusions to their stories, but differ in the way in which they show them. Joyce shocks us with his epiphanies and Cheever does the same with his ironies. The ways in which they present their denouements are different and make for the differences in their writings.