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This description of Lenehan occurs as Corley and Lenehan walk through the streets of Dublin, laughing and joking. Lenehan, the reader learns here, has a reputation for weaseling his way into social groups and “leech[ing]” off of others. But his “adroitness,” or cleverness, and savvy social skills have made his friends grudgingly accept him. This indicates that Lenehan, besides being smart and good at talking, has to perform in order to belong in others’ friend groups.
The primary question raised by this quotation is: why does Lenehan leech off of others? The story has characterized him as smart and eloquent…