The Man Named Ignatius J. Reilly In John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces, the reader is introduced to a man named Ignatius J. Reilly. The reader meets Ignatius under the clock of the D. H. Holmes department store in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the 1960’s. Readers follow Ignatius through his life and his backwards mentality, and watch as his philosophy ends up causing chaos and devastation to his surroundings. They watch as Ignatius blames all his bad fortune on others and on chance while his own actions are actually at fault. Readers discover that Ignatius has faults, but among them his egocentricity and gluttony stand out the most. When readers first meet Ignatius, Ignatius is already getting himself in trouble. Ignatius expresses