... as a child they become very things you disgust and turn your back on when you become an adult. Nowhere is this more evident than in James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man where being punished by several different people severely affects the growth and development of the protagonist, Stephen ... we see the first image of punishment. Stephen expresses his intention to marry his neighbor, Eileen Vance who happens to be Protestant. This shocks his Catholic family and in response to their shock, Stephen crawls under the table. Stephen's mother assures the others that he will apol...

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