I am Kyle's self-indulgence

I've already made it farther in the book than I have in my previous two attempts, and I'm mostly able to follow the book so far. The stream-of-consciousness writing makes it very difficult to understand, but I realize now that the mistake I made before was that I tried to just plow through the book to finish it, not caring if I even understood what I was reading. The result was that I found myself reading a book that I didn't understand at all, and thus had no interest in continuing. This time I'm taking it slow. If I lose track of what's happening, I go back and try to get caught up. Not only has this helped me to understand the book and maintain my interest in it, but reading at a slow pace helps to me enjoy the language of the book. I'm beginning to realize that this is what makes Ulysses such a great novel. The language is so beautiful and well-crafted that it often borders on prose poetry. I'm beginning to think that it's not the story that matters: it's the storytelling.