In this novel, Joyce discloses the nature of the human identity taking Stephen as an example. It can be seen from this novel that the author attributes alienation and isolation from the world to the artists only he describes Stephen as possessing namely these features. Stephen grows into an alienated unsociable person who questions the flawed world and unfriendly society he leaves his family and becomes an artist in order to express his sufferings in his works. The protagonist of this story is Stephen Dedalus who comes from an Irish Catholic family and whose parents often experience financial problems. James Joyce’s novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is often regarded as a search for true identity.
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