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feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf. A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man describes Stephen Dedalus's
development from a bright young student to a promising clergy
student to an artist. Set in Ireland at the turn of the century, It
begins with his earliest childhood memories and progresses to
his grand epiphany, in which he announces to his closest
companions his decision to pursue art rather than a religious
life. Stephen's decision results from a combination of factors:
the temperament that colors his impressions of the world, his
interactions with others, and his interpretation of social forces.
From the start evidence indicates Stephen will be an artist.
Readers first meet him as a very young child growing up in a
rural community in Ireland and attending Clongowes
Preparatory School. He is a timid child who doesn't socialize
easily. Stephen has been bullied on the playground because of
his small size and shy demeanor when his glasses are broken
following an accident, he is excused from writing exercises by
his teacher. When one of his masters finds out, he beats
Stephen's hands and heightens the boy's belief that his
treatment by the universe is unfair. Family and friends at a
Christmas dinner represent some of the differing political
attitudes pervading Ireland at the time, both for and against the
Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell, and the Irish
independence movement. As Stephen grows older and begins
to develop love interests, he romanticizes these prominent
political figures he also fantasizes about the nature and
landscape of the afterlife, encouraged by the fire-and-

brimstone sermons of his schoolmasters. Both tendencies
show the strong imagination of an artist. As Stephen matures,
school authorities try to persuade him to join the priesthood. In
many ways joining such a large institution makes sense. His
family is Catholic and would see a life with the clergy as a fine
vocation. The priesthood would offer stability as well Stephen's
family changes homes several times during Stephen's youth
due to his father's financial irresponsibility, so a steady
existence might be a relief. However, the novel shows a
growing conflict between Stephen's impulse toward the
priesthood and his development as an artist. Joyce offers
numerous dialogues between Stephen and his friends about
books and vast aesthetic and philosophical issues. These
dialogues mirror Stephen's inner crisis and give insight into his
psychological development. As he gets older, Stephen begins
to visit prostitutes in Dublin. This habit becomes increasingly
hard to reconcile with the priestly calling, and his guilt
becomes more than he can bear. Gradually, Stephen comes to
realize he has no zeal for the religious life and decides instead
to become an artist. Joyce presents the last episodes in the
book as a series of epiphanies and exchanges. Stephen sees
a woman on the beach who represents, in his creatively
inspired state, art itself. Later, on the streets of Dublin,
Stephen encounters again a woman he loves and declares his
intentions to her. As readers last glimpse the artist, he vows to
forge the uncreated conscience of [his] race, or express to the
world his sense of beauty and truth in the way he knows best:
through art.