The Relationships Behind Portrait :: Art, James Joyce

In A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, Stephen Dedalus, reacts towards his parents the same as some characteristic modern-day adolescents and adolescents of the early 1900s. Stephens attitude and feelings towards his parents substitute throughout the black market of this al-Quran. His feelings change in a pattern similar to one of typical adolescents. Adolescent attitudes have not changed much throughout the years. Adolescents change physically and emotionally during the early years of their life. The activities the adolescents do may have changed only if the intentions behind those acts have not. Stephen has a different alliance with family members former(a) than his parents handle his Uncle Charles and his Aunt Dante. Many adolescents have a different relationship with family members other than their parents. In the article, Joyce and His First Self-Portrait by James T. Farrell, Farrell states no clear and plentiful picture of Stephens relationship with his set out is described.(3) I believe this statement could be true and false. It could be true on the grounds of no decided feelings described in the book from Stephen. There is also no change of feelings throughout the course of Stephens adolescence that are mentioned. Only three events in the book mentions a relationship between Stephen and his mother. The first instance is when Stephen is teased by well and the other older boys close the subject of kissing his mother. Wells asks Stephen, do you kiss your mother before you go to bed? This opens up the topic over whether he should kiss his mother or should he not. The other boys laugh at Stephens confusion while he ponders this thought. (Joyce,6) During the Christmas dinner, there is no direct reference to a relationship between Stephen and his mother. During this scene, Stephen search different sides of all the adults at the dinner. Stephens mother tries to create a imperturbable Christmas dinner. She is unable to do this because Stephens father, aunt, and uncle get into a heated political debate. Stephen witnesses his mother get irritated over the constant arguing. She tries to stop the argument notwithstanding fails to do so. Stephens feelings are not recognized in the passage. He tho just observes this scene. (Joyce, 21-22) At the end of the book, it does not mention a relationship between the two but an argument they have. Stephen tells Cranly he argued with his mother about going to church on Easter Sunday.