Summary Of Joyce's "A Portrait Of An Artists As A Young Man"
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In Joyce's novel, "A portrait of an Artist as a Young Man", he weaves
the stories of his youth and his growth as a young man to tell us about
who he was as an individual and the sort of life he lead. Joyce uses many
techniques such as stream of consciousness to help us picture his mindset
and hel ....
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.... From the beginning of the novel, "family" plays a central part in his
growth, symbolizing many different things throughout his life. The first
section of the novel sets the stage for the rest of his life. Stephen
feels he should be the center of his family's universe, or the "baby
tuckoo". His family symbolizes the oppression that Stephen encounters
throughout his life. "Apologise, pull out his eyes, pull out his eyes,
apologise (Joyce 4)." Later the reader finds that this symbolizes how hi ....
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