Question

He was born in 1866, has a day named after him, and was in what story?

Answer 1

The fictional character is Leopold Bloom (Bloomsday is the 16th June)

The story in which he appears is Ulysses by James Joyce.

Answer 2

Bloomsday was named after Leonard Bloom, a fictional character by James Joyce in his novel called Ulysses was born in 1866.

Explanation:

Bloomsday is celebrated to honour the life of James Joyce, an Irish writer. This is celebrated annually in Dublin and other countries all over the world on June
`16^(th)`, the day on which Ulysses takes place in 1904.

The novels depicts the experience of the King Odysseus also named as Ulysses, his wife Penelope, sea god Poseidon and the Leonard Blooms. The message conveyed is ‘search for adventure, experience and meaning makes the life worth living’.

Leonard Bloom, a man of appetites is the protagonist of the story. He converts to Catholicism to marry Marion Tweedy. He is known for his humanity and his assumption of bondage between himself and other creatures.